How to diagnose nonpigmented skin tumors: A review of vascular structures seen with dermoscopy: Part II. Nonmelanocytic skin tumors

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-386

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a   Kreusch, Jürgen ^b   Giacomel, Jason ^c   Ferrara, Gerardo ^d   Catrical, Caterina ^e   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Mends St Medical Centre ^*

^c Mends St Medical Centre   (United States)

^d G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Dermoscopy; Nonpigmented skin tumors; Seborrheic keratosis; Squamous cell carcinoma; Vessels

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOMA; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLOOD VESSEL; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KERATOSIS; PIGMENTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; REVIEW; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD VESSELS; BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MALE; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955866506     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.11.697     Document Type: Review

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