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

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 361-374

  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

Amelanotic melanoma; Clark nevus; Dermal nevus; Dermoscopy; Hypomelanotic melanoma; Spitz nevus; Spitz tumor; Vessels

Indexed keywords

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPIGMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD VESSELS; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955910734     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.11.698     Document Type: Review

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