On the limited value of fine-needle aspiration for the diagnosis of benign melanocytic proliferations of the skin

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 441-445

  Rojo, Blas García ^a   Solano, José García ^a   Sánchez, Carlos Sánchez ^a   Romero, Socorro Montalbán ^a   Ortega, Vicente Vicente ^b   Pérez Guillermo, Miguel ^a  

^a Allergy Section   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basocellular carcinoma; Cutaneous angioma; Dermal fibrous histiocytoma; Melanoma; Nevus; Seborrheic keratosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN HEMANGIOMA;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL DIVISION; EPITHELIOID CELLS; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14444282424     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199812)19:6<441::AID-DC7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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