Natural course of keratoacanthoma and related lesions after partial biopsy: Clinical analysis of 66 lesions

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 353-362

  Takai, Toshihiro ^a   Misago, Noriyuki ^b   Murata, Yozo ^a  

^a HYOGO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical course; Crateriform squamous cell carcinoma; Infundibular squamous cell carcinoma; Keratoacanthoma; Regression

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOACANTHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; BIOPSY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; KERATOSIS; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KERATOACANTHOMA; KERATOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84926515326     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.12784     Document Type: Article

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