Chrysalis and negative pigment network in Spitz nevi

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-191

  Botella Estrada, Rafael ^a,b   Requena, Celia ^b   Traves, Victor ^b   Nagore, Eduardo ^b   Guillen, Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

chrysalis; negative pigment network; shiny white streaks; spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DERMIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

DERMOSCOPY; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; PIGMENTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859109518     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182222ac1     Document Type: Article

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