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2521782

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
Clinical guidelines for the diagnosis of pigmented lesions of the skin are not always reliable. Surface microscopy (SM) represents an interesting approach to this problem. For this in vivo investigation, a stereomicroscope, a glass slide, and immersion oil are used. In the present study, the various criteria of SM that cannot be discerned by the naked eye are correlated with the histopathological structures in step-sectioned specimens. Characteristic SM features such as the pigment network, "black dots," or "irregular extensions" were found to correspond to particular histological findings. SM opens a new dimension of clinical morphology for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of malignant melanomas, dysplastic nevi, or nonmelanocytic pigmented neoplasms, and facilitates a more reliable preoperative assessment of these lesions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0193-1091
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Surface microscopy. A new approach to the diagnosis of cutaneous pigmented tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, University of Graz, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't