Lentiginous melanoma: A histologic pattern of melanoma to be distinguished from lentiginous nevus

Modern Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1397-1401

  King, Roy ^a,d   Page, Robert N ^a   Googe, Paul B ^a,b   Mihm Jr , Martin C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Knoxville Dermatopathology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysplastic nevus; Elderly; Lentiginous nevus; Lentigo maligna; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MELAN A; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENTIGO; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FIBROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENTIGO; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 25144509612     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800454     Document Type: Article

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