Amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma - Is dermatoscopy useful for diagnosis?

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 369-373

  Zalaudek, I ^a   Argenziano, G ^b   Kerl, H ^a   Soyer, H P ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amelanotic hypomelanotic melanoma; Dermatoscopy; Skin tumors; Vessels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOLOGY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMELANOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037561537     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1610-0387.2003.02042.x     Document Type: Article

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