Desmoplastic spitz naevus can be mistaken for desmoplastic malignant melanoma and dermatofibroma

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-75

  Koç, Melek Kesir ^a   Südoǧan, Sibel ^a   Kavala, Mukaddes ^a   Kocatürk, Emek ^a   Büyükbabani, Nesimi ^a   Altintaş, Sümeyye ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HMB 45 PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMIS; DESMOPLASTIC MALIGNANT MELANOMA; DESMOPLASTIC SPITZ NEVUS; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; JUVENILE MELANOMA; KNEE; LEG SWELLING; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PAPILLARY DERMIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR DERMIS; SKIN NODULE; SPINDLE CELL; STAINING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78751547495     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0936     Document Type: Letter

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