"White" network in Spitz nevi and early melanomas lacking significant pigmentation

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-60

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a,b   Kittler, Harald ^c   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^b   Kreusch, Juergen ^d   Longo, Caterina ^a   Malvehy, Joseph ^e   Puig, Susana ^e   Moscarella, Elvira ^a   Piana, Simonetta ^a   Massone, Cesare ^b   Cota, Carlo ^f   Ferrara, Gerardo ^g   Fleischer, Mariella ^h   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^d Private Practice   (Germany)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^f SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

dermoscopy; histopathology; melanoma; Spitz nevi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY CANCER; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; WHITE NETWORK;

ADULT; AGED; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84879086224     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.12.974     Document Type: Article

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