Nuclear and cytoplasmic features in the diagnosis of banal nevi, Spitz nevi, and melanoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1032-1037.e8

  Valdebran, Manuel ^a   Elbendary, Amira ^a,b   Chaitanya Arudra, Sri Krishna ^c   Torres, Kara Melissa ^a   Elattar, Inas ^b   Elston, Dirk M ^d  

^a ACKERMAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

banal nevi; chromatin; cytology; cytoplasm; melanoma; nucleus; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANAL NEVUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEVUS; NUCLEAR SIZE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; MITOSIS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; NUCLEOLUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STAINING; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHROMATIN;

CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84995380545     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.06.051     Document Type: Article

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