Acral melanoma simulating warts: Dermoscopic clues to prevent missing a melanoma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1072-1078

  Dalmau, Joan ^a   Abellaneda, Cristina ^b   Puig, Susana ^b   Zaballos, Pedro ^c   Malvehy, Josep ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c Hospital Santa Tecla   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRAL MELANOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SIMULATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

AGED; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WARTS;

EID: 33746865518     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32232.x     Document Type: Article

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