Assessment of tumor thickness in melanocytic skin lesions: Comparison of optical coherence tomography, 20-mhz ultrasound and histopathology

Dermatology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-168

  Hinz, Torsten ^a   Ehler, Lin Kristin ^a   Voth, Harald ^a   Fortmeier, Ines ^b   Hoeller, Tobias ^a   Hornung, Thorsten ^a   Schmid Wendtner, Monika Hildegard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b WOM WORLD of MEDICINE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melanocytic skin lesion; Melanoma; Nevus; Optical coherence tomography; Tumor thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HALO NEVUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 82455208894     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332845     Document Type: Article

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