Melanoma mimic: A case of multiple pagetoid Spitz nevi

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 370-374

  Harris, KaLynne ^a   Florell, Scott R ^a   Papenfuss, Jason ^c   Kohlmann, Wendy ^b   Jahromi, Mona ^b   Schiffman, Joshua D ^b   Quackenbush, John ^b   Cassidy, Pamela ^b   Leachman, Sancy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Midwest Dermatology Clinic PC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; KARYOTYPING; MELANOMA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858716821     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.356     Document Type: Article

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