Effectiveness and limitations of reflectance confocal microscopy in detecting persistence of basal cell carcinomas: A preliminary study

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-185

  Webber, Scott A ^a   Wurm, Elisabeth M T ^a   Douglas, Nicola C ^a   Lambie, Duncan ^b   Longo, Caterina ^d   Pellacani, Giovanni ^d   Soyer, H Peter ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Anatomical Pathology ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

curettage and cautery; in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy; superficial basal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PUNCH BIOPSY; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051783315     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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