title: [Incident light microscopic characterization of vascular patterns in skin tumors].
abstract: The search for vascular structures in skin tumors by incident light microscopy has revealed a surprisingly high proportion of vascularized tumours. Characteristic vascular patterns, in some cases highly tumour-specific, have been defined. The vascular structure is a valuable feature for characterization and differentiation of skin tumours, especially for amelanotic malignant melanoma. We propose a flowchart procedure for analysis and diagnosis of skin tumours using incident light microscopy, which appears to be valuable for advanced image analytic techniques.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kreusch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009506:Nevus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Auflichtmikroskopische Charakterisierung von Gefässmustern in Hauttumoren.