Peritumoral fibrosis in basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma mimicking perineural invasion: Potential pitfall in Mohs micrographic surgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 9 PART 1, 2005, Pages 1101-1106

  Hassanein, Ashraf M ^a   Proper, Steven A ^b   Depcik Smith, Natalie D ^a   Flowers, Franklin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Dermatology and Skin Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CELL INVASION; CHEMOSURGERY; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MOHS SURGERY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26944439127     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2005.31903     Document Type: Article

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