TY - JOUR
T1 - Vascular structures in skin tumors
T2 - A dermoscopy study
AU - Argenziano, Giuseppe
AU - Zalaudek, Iris
AU - Corona, Rosamaria
AU - Sera, Francesco
AU - Cicale, Lorenza
AU - Petrillo, Gianluca
AU - Ruocco, Eleonora
AU - Hofmann-Wellenhof, Rainer
AU - Soyer, H. Peter
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Objectives: To describe the different vascular structures seen by dermoscopy and to evaluate their association with various melanocytic and nonmelanocytic skin tumors in a large series of cases. Design: Digital dermoscopic images of the lesions were evaluated for the presence of various morphologic types of vessels. Setting: Specialized university clinic. Patients: From a larger database, 531 excised lesions (from 517 patients) dermoscopically showing any type of vascular structures were included. Main Outcome Measures: The frequency and positive predictive value of the different vascular structures seen in various tumors were calculated, and the differences were evaluated by the χ2 or Fisher exact test. Results: Arborizing vessels were seen in 82.1% of basal cell carcinomas, with a 94.1% positive predictive value (P
AB - Objectives: To describe the different vascular structures seen by dermoscopy and to evaluate their association with various melanocytic and nonmelanocytic skin tumors in a large series of cases. Design: Digital dermoscopic images of the lesions were evaluated for the presence of various morphologic types of vessels. Setting: Specialized university clinic. Patients: From a larger database, 531 excised lesions (from 517 patients) dermoscopically showing any type of vascular structures were included. Main Outcome Measures: The frequency and positive predictive value of the different vascular structures seen in various tumors were calculated, and the differences were evaluated by the χ2 or Fisher exact test. Results: Arborizing vessels were seen in 82.1% of basal cell carcinomas, with a 94.1% positive predictive value (P
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U2 - 10.1001/archderm.140.12.1485
DO - 10.1001/archderm.140.12.1485
M3 - Article
C2 - 15611426
AN - SCOPUS:10344229996
VL - 140
SP - 1485
EP - 1489
JO - Archives of Dermatology
JF - Archives of Dermatology
SN - 0003-987X
IS - 12
ER -