Use of reflectance confocal microscopy to differentiate hidrocystoma from basal cell carcinoma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 392-394

  Willard, Katherine ^a   Warschaw, Karen E ^b   Swanson, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HIDRADENOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIDROCYSTOMA; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SWEAT GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952766957     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.01893.x     Document Type: Article

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