Lymphangiectases are common underlying warts and in normal peritumoral skin: Histologic evidence of decreased immune surveillance

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-160

  Paul, Joan ^a   Carlson, J Andrew ^a,b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephantiasis; human papillomavirus (HPV); immune surveillance; lymphangiectases; lymphostasis; melanoma; neoplastic progression; nonmelanoma skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST REDUCTION; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INJURY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN TUMOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN AGING; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WARTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952815989     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181ef2d65     Document Type: Article

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