A comparison of dermoscopic features among lentigo senilis/initial seborrheic keratosis, seborrheic keratosis, lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma on the face

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 884-889

  Şahin, Mustafa Turhan ^a,c   Öztürkcan, Serap ^a   Ermertcan, Aylin Türel ^a   Güneş, Ali Tahsin ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Mansuroglu Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Lentigo maligna; Lentigo maligna melanoma; Lentigo senilis initial seborrheic keratosis; Seborrheic keratosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENTIGO; LENTIGO MALIGNA MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SENILE LENTIGO; SUN EXPOSURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 10044282804     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00621.x     Document Type: Article

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