Dermoscopy of a plantar combined blue nevus: A simulator of melanoma

Dermatology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-176

  Panasiti, V ^a   Devirgiliis, V ^a   Borroni, R G ^a   Mancini, M ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Curzio, M ^a   Mastrecchia, B ^a   Bottoni, U ^b   Innocenzi, D ^a   Calvieri, S ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acral volar skin; Blue nevus, combined; Dermoscopy; Parallel ridge pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, BLUE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847711806     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098579     Document Type: Article

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