Tumors of the nail unit. A review. Part II: Acquired localized longitudinal pachyonychia and masked nail tumors

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 693-712

  Perrin, Christophe ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Infundibulocystic nail bed squamous cell carcinoma; Keratoacanthoma; Microcystic nail bed carcinoma; Microcystic nail bed hamartoma; Onychocytic carcinoma; Onychocytic matricoma; Panonychoma fibropapilliferum; Subungual follicular microcystic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOID CYST; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOACANTHOMA; LOCALIZED LONGITUDINAL PACHYONYCHIA; MICROCYSTIC NAIL BED CARCINOMA; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NAIL BED; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL TUMOR; NEOPLASM; PACHYONYCHIA; PARAKERATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBUNGUAL KERATOACANTHOMA; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA;

HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS, MALFORMED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884995399     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318293f387     Document Type: Article

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