Pigmented Nodular Basal Cell Carcinomas in Differential Diagnosis with Nodular Melanomas: Confocal Microscopy as a Reliable Tool for In Vivo Histologic Diagnosis

Nodular basal cell carcinoma, especially when pigmented, can be in differential diagnosis with nodular melanomas, clinically and dermoscopically. Reflectance confocal microscopy is a relatively new imaging technique that permits to evaluate in vivo skin tumors with a nearly histological resolution....

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Main Authors: Alice Casari, Giovanni Pellacani, Stefania Seidenari, Anna Maria Cesinaro, Francesca Beretti, Patrizia Pepe, Caterina Longo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Skin Cancer
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/406859