Keratoacanthoma and other types of squamous cell carcinoma with crateriform architecture: Classification and identification

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 443-452

  Misago, Noriyuki ^a   Inoue, Takuya ^a   Koba, Shinichi ^a   Narisawa, Yutaka ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

crateriform squamous cell carcinoma; infundibular squamous cell carcinoma; keratoacanthoma; keratoacanthoma with malignant transformation; keratoacanthoma like squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878538331     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.12104     Document Type: Article

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