Open AccessBenign vs. Malignant skin adnexal neoplasms: How useful are silhouettes?
Author(s) -
Rajalakshmi Tirumalae,
MO Roopa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.105282
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , adnexal diseases , radiology , laparoscopy
Skin adnexal tumors are daunting diagnostic problems. Cytologic atypia does not always imply malignancy and "typia" does not underscore a benign course. Bernard Ackerman first described criteria on silhouettes that enable distinction between the two.