The significance of crystalline/chrysalis structures in the diagnosis of melanocytic and nonmelanocytic lesions

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194.e1-194.e8

  Balagula, Yevgeniy ^a   Braun, Ralph P ^b   Rabinovitz, Harold S ^c   Dusza, Stephen W ^a   Scope, Alon ^a,d   Liebman, Tracey N ^a   Mordente, Ines ^e   Siamas, Katherine ^f   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SKIN AND CANCER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; crystalline chrysalis structures; dermatofibroma; invasive melanoma; matrix remodeling; polarized dermatoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CHRYSALIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DISEASE COURSE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NEVUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863986888     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.04.039     Document Type: Article

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