Spontaneous resolution of a giant keratoacanthoma penetrating through the nose

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-371

  Browne, F ^a   O'Connell, M ^a   Merchant, W ^b   Potts, E ^c   Fenn, C ^a   Stables, G ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Pontefract General Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALE; NOSE CAVITY TUMOR; NOSE TUMOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

HUMANS; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE DISEASES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 79955973782     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03933.x     Document Type: Article

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