Diode laser excision of chondroid lipoma of the tongue with microscopic (conventional and confocal laser scanning) analysis

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 683-687

  Capodiferro, Saverio ^a   Loiudice, Anna Maria ^a   Pilolli, Giovanni ^a   Lajolo, Carlo ^b   Giuliani, Michele ^b   Maiorano, Eugenio ^a   Favia, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIODE LASERS; GOOD PRACTICES; HISTOLOGICAL EVALUATION; HISTOLOGICAL TYPE; LIPOSARCOMA; NODULAR LESIONS; ORAL LESIONS; ORAL MUCOSA; STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS; SURGICAL EXCISION; SURGICAL SPECIMENS;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS; DIODES; LASERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING; TUMORS;

LASER SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIPOMA; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69249095020     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2359     Document Type: Article

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