"Mistletoe sign": Probably a new dermoscopic descriptor for melanoma in situ and melanocytic junctional nevus in the inflammatory stage

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 316-319

  Kamińska Winciorek, Grazyna ^a   Właszczuk, Paweł ^b   Wydmanśki, Jerzy ^a,c  

^a Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Melanocytic nevus; Melanoma in situ; Mistletoe sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE DURATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA IN SITU; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DEFECT; THIGH;

EID: 84891314102     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/pdia.2013.38362     Document Type: Article

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