In situ amelanotic melanoma of the nail unit mimicking lichen planus: Report of 3 cases

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 418-421

  André, Josette ^a   Moulonguet, Isabelle ^b   Goettmann Bonvallot, Sophie ^c  

^a HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^b Cabinet de Dermatopathologie   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEX FINGER; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHENOID; MALE; NAIL; NAIL BED; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; STRIA; THUMB;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951066764     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.43     Document Type: Article

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