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Resumen El melanoma primariovariedad rabdoide es unapresentación pocofrecuente.Reconocido como un subtipo histopatológico distinto de melanoma maligno generalmente observado en tumores metastásicos o recurrentes.El diagnóstico definitivo requiere el estudio de inmunomarcación y la identificación de células neoplásicas con marcadores melanocíticos. Clínicamente se han reportado mayormente de tipo nodular y amelanótico.
Summary Rhabdoid melanoma has been recognized as a histopathological subtype of malignant melanoma. It generally presents as a recurrent tumor, so its presentation as a primary lesion is infrecuent.Definitive diagnosis requires the study of immunostaining and the identification of neoplastic cells with melanocytic markers. Clinically, mostly nodular and amelanotic types have been reported.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of image resolution manipulation on the photogrammetric measurement of the rearfoot static angle. The study design was that of a reliability study. We evaluated 19 healthy young adults (11 females and 8 males). The photographs were taken at 1536 pixels in the greatest dimension, resized into four different resolutions (1200, 768, 600, 384 pixels) and analyzed by three equally trained examiners on a 96-pixels per inch (ppi) screen. An experienced physiotherapist marked the anatomic landmarks of rearfoot static angles on two occasions within a 1-week interval. Three different examiners had marked angles on digital pictures. The systematic error and the smallest detectable difference were calculated from the angle values between the image resolutions and times of evaluation. Different resolutions were compared by analysis of variance. Inter- and intra-examiner reliability was calculated by intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC). The rearfoot static angles obtained by the examiners in each resolution were not different (P > 0.05); however, the higher the image resolution the better the inter-examiner reliability. The intra-examiner reliability (within a 1-week interval) was considered to be unacceptable for all image resolutions (ICC range: 0.08-0.52). The whole body image of an adult with a minimum size of 768 pixels analyzed on a 96-ppi screen can provide very good inter-examiner reliability for photogrammetric measurements of rearfoot static angles (ICC range: 0.85-0.92), although the intra-examiner reliability within each resolution was not acceptable. Therefore, this method is not a proper tool for follow-up evaluations of patients within a therapeutic protocol.