Rainbow pattern in Kaposi's sarcoma under polarized dermoscopy: A dermoscopic pathological study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 801-809

  Cheng, S T ^a,b   Ke, C L K ^a   Lee, C H ^a,d   Wu, C S ^a,c   Chen, G S ^a,b   Hu, S C S ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Kaposi's sarcoma; Rainbow pattern; Vascular structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; HEMANGIOKERATOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN COLOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62649142304     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08940.x     Document Type: Article

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