Adult xanthogranuloma mimicking basal cell carcinoma: Dermoscopy, reflectance confocal microscopy and pathological correlation

Dermatology

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-70

  Lovato, Louise ^a   Salerni, Gabriel ^a   Puig, Susana ^a   Carrera, Cristina ^a   Palou, Josep ^a   Malvehy, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confocal microscope; Dermoscopy; Xanthogranuloma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELANGIECTASIA;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; XANTHOGRANULOMA, JUVENILE;

EID: 76649088647     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264670     Document Type: Article

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