title: The clinical context: a tool for fine-tuning objective histologic diagnosis of cutaneous pigmented lesions.
abstract: Dermatopathology is a science founded in clinicopathologic correlation. This essay attempts to point out some of the clinical features that can be matched with pathologic counterparts to enable more accurate diagnosis of both benign and malignant pigmented lesions of the skin. No shred of information, be it descriptive or demographic, should be overlooked in a Holmesian quest for the perfect diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco 94143-0506, USA.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: McCalmont
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000502:physiology*