Dermoscopic and histopathologic diagnosis of equivocal melanocytic skin lesions: An interdisciplinary study on 107 cases

Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1094-1100

  Ferrara, Gerardo ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b   Soyer, H Peter ^c   Corona, Rosamaria ^d   Sera, Francesco ^d   Brunetti, Bruno ^e   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^c   Chimenti, Sergio ^f   El Shabrawi Caelen, Laila ^c   Ferrari, Angela ^h   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^c   Kaddu, Steven ^c   Piccolo, Domenico ^g   Scalvenzi, Massimiliano ^h   Staibano, Stefania ^h   Wolf, Ingrid H ^c   De Rosa, Gaetano ^h  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^e Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Diagnosis; Epiluminescence microscopy; Histopathology; Interobserver agreement; Melanocytic skin lesions; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036721044     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10768     Document Type: Article

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