Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the head and neck: Treatment with Mohs surgery using inverted horizontal paraffin sections

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1289-1293

  Tom, William David ^a   Hybarger, Charles Patrick ^a   Rasgon, Barry Mitchell ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Diagnostic use; Head and neck neoplasms; Mohs surgery; Paraffin

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042624850     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200308000-00004     Document Type: Article

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