Classifying distinct basal cell carcinoma subtype by means of dermatoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 716-724.e1

  Longo, Caterina ^a   Lallas, Aimilios ^a   Kyrgidis, Athanassios ^a   Rabinovitz, Harold ^c   Moscarella, Elvira ^a   Ciardo, Silvana ^b   Zalaudek, Iris ^a,d   Oliviero, Margaret ^c   Losi, Amanda ^b   Gonzalez, Salvador ^e   Guitera, Pascale ^f   Piana, Simonetta ^a   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a   Pellacani, Giovanni ^b  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c SKIN AND CANCER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Diagnosis; Infiltrative basal cell carcinoma; Nodular basal cell carcinoma; Reflectance confocal microscopy; Superficial basal cell carcinoma.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EROSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CYST; SKIN ULCER; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; TELANGIECTASIA; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; INFILTRATIVE BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NODULAR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RISK; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPERFICIAL BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR INVASION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DERMATOSCOPY; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS; INFILTRATIVE BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; NODULAR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SUPERFICIAL BASAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84910156812     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.04.067     Document Type: Article

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