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Under the microscope. Surgeons, pathologists, and melanocytic nevi
R Lazova1, J M McNiff, E J Glusac
1Yale Dermatopathology Laboratory, Department of Dermatology and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Clinics in Plastic Surgery
|August 15, 2000
Abstract:
Predicting the biologic behavior of melanocytic neoplasms (benign versus malignant) based on histology is one of the most difficult challenges in surgical pathology and dermatology. Success in the field of melanocytic neoplasia can be achieved by two means: performing excisions or biopsies that maximize the obtainable histologic information and providing sufficient history.

