Usefulness of margin detection by digital dermoscopy in the traditional surgical excision of basal cell carcinomas of the head and neck including infiltrative/morpheaform type

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 326-330

  Carducci, Mauro ^a   Bozzetti, Marcella ^a   De Marco, Giuseppe ^a   Foscolo, Anna M ^b   Betti, Roberto ^c  

^a Centro Ortopedico di Quadrante Hospital   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Castelli   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; dermatological surgery; dermoscopy; margin detention; skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL DERMOSCOPY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858792429     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01449.x     Document Type: Article

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