Three-dimensional melanin distribution of acral melanocytic nevi is reflected in dermoscopy features: Analysis of the parallel pattern

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-212

  Kimoto, M ^a   Sakamoto, M ^a   Iyatomi, H ^b   Tanaka, M ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acral melanocytic nevus; Dermoscopy; Fibrillar pattern; Melanin column; Parallel furrow pattern; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DERMOSCOPY; FOOT DISEASES; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MELANINS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SILVER NITRATE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40949142392     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112927     Document Type: Article

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