Periocular keratoacanthoma: Can we always rely on the clinical diagnosis?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1201-1204

  Leibovitch, I ^b   Huilgol, S C ^b   James, C L ^c   Hsuan, J D ^a,d   Davis, G ^b   Selva, D ^b  

^a Walton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Adelaide Pathology Partners   (Australia)

^d WALTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYELID CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOACANTHOMA; LOWER EYELID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYELID DISEASES; EYELID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24044516520     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.072470     Document Type: Article

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