A confusing world: What to call histology of three-dimensional tumour margins?

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 591-595

  Moehrle, Matthias ^a,b   Breuninger, H ^a   Rocken M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

3D histology; Histological control of excised tissue margins; Mohs micrographic surgery; Perimeter technique; Square procedure

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; ZINC CHLORIDE;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CAUTERIZATION; CHEMOSURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MICROSURGERY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 34250340027     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02187.x     Document Type: Review

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