Dermoscopy of Kaposi's sarcoma: Areas exhibiting the multicoloured 'rainbow pattern'

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1128-1132

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

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Kaposi's sarcoma; Preoperative diagnosis; Rainbow pattern; Vascular structure; Vascular tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 70349145428     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03239.x     Document Type: Article

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