Basaloid follicular hamartoma: A cautionary tale and review of the literature

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1130-1135

  Saxena, Aradhna ^a   Shapiro, Michael ^b   Kasper, David A ^c   Fitzpatrick, James E ^b   Mellette Jr , J Ramsey ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMABRASION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; MOHS SURGERY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34548299797     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33231.x     Document Type: Review

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