“Stretching Dermoscopy” to Delineate the Margins of Basal Cell Carcinoma on Photodamaged Telangiectatic Skin

Felipe Cerci; Mara Zehnder; Aimilios Lallas; Betina Werner; Stanislav Tolkachjov

doi:10.5826/dpc.1302a148

“Stretching Dermoscopy” to Delineate the Margins of Basal Cell Carcinoma on Photodamaged Telangiectatic Skin

Authors

Felipe Cerci Dermatology Service. Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná; Dermatology Service. Hospital Universitário Evangélico Mackenzie, Curitiba, Brazil
Mara Zehnder Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Aimilios Lallas First Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Betina Werner Dermatology service, Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná; Department of Pathology, Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, Brazil
Stanislav Tolkachjov Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States.

Keywords:

dermoscopy, basal cell carcinoma, Mohs micrographic surgery, skin cancer, surgical margins

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