Pre-operative assessment of basal cell carcinoma dimensions using high frequency ultrasonography and its correlation with histopathology

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nassiri Kashani, Mansour ^a   Sadr, Bardia ^a   Fanian, Ferial ^a   Kamyab, Kambiz ^b   Noormohammadpour, Pedram ^b   Shahshahani, Mostafa Mirshams ^b   Zartab, Hamed ^a   Naghizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi ^c   Sarraf Yazdy, Maryam ^a   Firooz, Alireza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c FASA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Diagnosis; Dimension; High frequency ultrasonography; Imaging; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; DIMENSION; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASONOGRAPHY; IN-VIVO; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; LOW CORRELATION; ONE-WAY ANOVA; REFERENCE STANDARD; SKIN CANCERS; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; VISUAL INFORMATION;

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TUMORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

HYDRAULIC FLUIDS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872168482     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2012.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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