Mohs' micrographic surgery using frozen sections alone may be unsuitable for detecting single atypical melanocytes at the margins of melanoma in situ

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 290-294

  Barlow, R J ^a,b   White, C R ^a   Swanson, N A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lentigo maligna; Melanoma in situ; Mohs' micrographic surgery

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN SURGERY; THAWING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036210515     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04661.x     Document Type: Article

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