Diagnostic significance of the blue hue in dermoscopy of melanocytic lesions: A dermoscopic-pathologic study

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 463-469

  Massi, Daniela ^a   De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a   Carli, Paolo ^a   Santucci, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blue areas; Blue hue; Blue whitish veil; Dermoscopy; Histopathologic correlates; Melanocytic nevus; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ACANTHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOSIS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOPHAGE; ORTHOKERATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COLOR; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034791040     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200110000-00013     Document Type: Article

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