The Morphologic Universe of Melanoma

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 599-613

  Jaimes, Natalia ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acral melanoma; Dermoscopy; Lentigo maligna; Melanoma; Melanoma specific structures; Mucosal melanoma; Nail melanoma; Non glabrous skin

Indexed keywords

ACRAL MELANOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FACE CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; MUCOSAL MELANOMA; NAIL DISEASE; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUNBURN;

ACRAL MELANOMA; DERMOSCOPY; LENTIGO MALIGNA; MELANOMA; MELANOMA SPECIFIC-STRUCTURES; MUCOSAL MELANOMA; NAIL MELANOMA; NON-GLABROUS SKIN;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MELANOMA; NAIL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884692553     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2013.06.010     Document Type: Review

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