Cutaneous lupus erythematosus simulating squamous neoplasia: The clinicopathologic conundrum and histopathologic pitfalls

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1013-1020

  Zedek, Daniel C ^a   Smith Jr , Elton T ^c   Hitchcock, Michael G ^d,e,f   Feldman, Steven R ^d,e   Shelton, Brent J ^g   White, Wain L ^b,e,h  

^a Departments of Pathology   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c Dominion   (United States)

^d Departments of Dermatology

^e Pathology ^*

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h Greensboro Pathology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATITIS; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOSIS; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; KERATOSIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34248359002     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.06.028     Document Type: Article

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