Cutaneous melanocytic lesions: Do not miss the invisible gorilla

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 263-269

  Prieto, Victor G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

desmoplastic melanoma; melanocytic lesions; nevoid melanoma; spitz nevus; spitzoid melanoma

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOLOGIST; DERMIS; DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOSIS; EPIDERMIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LICHENOID; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA CELL; MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; METASTATIC MELANOMA; PARAKERATOSIS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FIBROSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862557842     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e31825c6be2     Document Type: Review

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