Patterns of local horizontal spread of melanomas: Consequences for surgery and histopathologic investigation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1493-1498

  Breuninger, Helmut ^a,b   Schiagenhauff, Bettina ^a   Stroebel, Waltraud ^a   Schaumburg Lever, Gundula ^a   Rassner, Gernot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acral location; Complete histologic examination of excisional margins Micrographic surgery; Lentiginous; Melanoma; Nodular; Safety margin; Subclinical spread; Superficial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MELANOMA; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032710344     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199912000-00006     Document Type: Article

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