Early acral melanoma in situ: Correlation between the parallel ridge pattern on dermoscopy and microscopic features

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-27

  Ishihara, Yasushi ^a   Saida, Toshiaki ^a   Miyazaki, Atsushi ^a   Koga, Hiroshi ^a   Taniguchi, Ayako ^b   Tsuchida, Tetsuya ^b   Toyama, Miki ^c   Ohara, Kuniaki ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acral melanoma in situ; Dermoscopy; Histopathological diagnosis; Parallel ridge pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY CANCER; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PIGMENTATION; PRECANCER; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33744511526     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000187931.05030.a0     Document Type: Article

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