Clues to the diagnosis of atypical melanocytic lesions

Histopathology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-111

  McKee, Phillip H ^a  

^a Overseas Dermatopathology Consultations   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical acral naevus; Atypical genital naevus; Balloon cell melanoma; Clear cell melanoma; Desmoplastic melanoma; Melanoma with heterologous differentiation; Naevoid melanoma; Neonatal naevus; Proliferation nodule; Recurrent and traumatized naevus

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL MELANOCYTIC LESION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOID TUMOR; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SKIN DISEASE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73449125904     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03451.x     Document Type: Review

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