Caruncular lesions in Denmark 1978-2002: A histopathological study with correlation to clinical referral diagnosis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 130-136

  Østergaard, Jens ^a,b   Prause, Jan Ulrik ^a,b   Heegaard, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Caruncle; Conjunctiva; Lesion; Lymphoma; Melanoma; Naevus; Oncocytoma; Papilloma; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CARUNCULAR LESION; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOSIS; NEVUS; PAPILLOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRECANCER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PAPILLOMA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644778791     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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