Lupus vulgaris: A new look at an old symptom - The lupoma observed with dermoscopy

Dermatology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-174

  Brasiello, Marcella ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^c   Ferrara, Gerardo ^b   Gourhant, Jean Yves ^d   Capoluongo, Patrizio ^a   Roma, Paolo ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d Dermatology clinic   (France)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Lupus; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUPUS VULGARIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS VULGARIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 59049096631     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000182255     Document Type: Letter

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