Investigators at University of Virginia publish new data on life sciences.

A new study, 'Selected pseudoneoplastic lesions of the skin,' is now available. According to recent research from the United States, "Pseudoneoplastic cutaneous lesions are diverse, not only morphologically but also with respect to their causes and cellular lineages. They include proliferations of epithelial, as well as mesenchymal, elements."

"This review aims to consider selected lesions in the aforementioned groups, contrasting them with histologically similar neoplasms of the skin in a differential diagnostic setting. Information used in assembling this discussion was drawn from the published literature on cutaneous pseudoneoplasms, using an Internet-based search engine. The authors' collective experience was also used in writing this review," wrote M.R. Wick and colleagues, University of Virginia (see also Life Sciences).

The researchers concluded: "Sufficient clinical and morphologic differences exist in virtually all instances to separate pseudoneoplastic cutaneous proliferations from the tumors that they imitate."

Wick and colleagues published their study in Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (Selected pseudoneoplastic lesions of the skin. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2010;134(3):369-77).

For additional information, contact M.R. Wick, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, 22908-0214 USA.

Keywords: City:Charlottesville, State:22908-0214, Country:United States, Life Sciences, Neoplasms, Diagnostics, Histology, Pathology.

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