Superficial spreading melanoma resembling spitz nevus on the plantar surface

Dermatology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-354

  Kato, T ^a   Aoki, E ^a   Suetake, T ^a   Tagami, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Plantar melanoma; Spitz nevus; Superficial spreading melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LETTER; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS CELL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030473825     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246291     Document Type: Article

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