Malignant deep sclerosing blue naevus presenting as a subcutaneous soft tissue mass [3]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 508-511

  Pozo, L ^a   Diaz Cano, S J ^b  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIPOMA; MELANOMA; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, BLUE; PHENOTYPE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544224382     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06114.x     Document Type: Letter

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