Halo congenital naevus in a middle-aged patient with vitiligo

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 229-232

  Leow, Liang Joo ^a,b   Goh, Boon Kee ^b  

^a SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Halo effect; Halo phenomenon; Halo reaction; Leukoderma acquisitum centrifugum; Malignant melanoma; Melanoma; Regressing naevus; Sutton's naevus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DEPIGMENTATION; DERMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HALO CONGENITAL NEVUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN BIOPSY; STAINING; VITILIGO;

BACK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEVUS, HALO; THORAX; VITILIGO;

EID: 53549111900     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2008.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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