Ungual basal cell carcinoma on the fifth toe mimicking chronic dermatitis: Case study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 723-725

  De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a   Salvini, Camilla ^a   Massi, Daniela ^a   Sestini, Serena ^b   Difonzo, Elisa ^b   Carli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA; NAIL DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOES;

EID: 22844438007     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200506000-00023     Document Type: Article

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