Sclerosing nevus with pseudomelanomatous features (Nevus with regression-like fibrosis): Clinical and dermoscopic features of a recently characterized histopathologic entity

Dermatology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-208

  Ferrara, Gerardo ^a   Giorgio, Caterina M ^b   Zalaudek, Iris ^e   Broganelli, Paolo ^c   Pellacani, Giovanni ^d   Tomasini, Carlo ^c   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Nevus regression; Regression like fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SCLERODERMA; SKIN FIBROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350284270     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000228317     Document Type: Article

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