In vivo identification of tumor cells of the basal layer of the epidermis in an early lesion of extramammary Paget disease: A reflectance confocal microscopic analysis

• Takayoshi Komatsu-Fujii, MD, MA,
• Takashi Nomura, MD, PhD,
• Yo Kaku, MD,
• Kentaro Yamamura, MD,
• Yoshiaki Yoshikawa, MD, PhD,
• Yuichiro Endo, MD,
• Tetsuya Honda, MD, PhD,
• Kenji Kabashima, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Takayoshi Komatsu-Fujii, MD, MA

Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Dermatology, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan

Takashi Nomura, MD, PhD

Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Correspondence to: Dr. Takashi Nomura, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.

Yo Kaku, MD

Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Dermatology, Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Kita-gun, Japan

Kentaro Yamamura, MD

Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Dermato-Oncology/Dermatology, National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center, Kagoshima, Japan

Yoshiaki Yoshikawa, MD, PhD

Department of Dermatology, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Yuichiro Endo, MD

Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Tetsuya Honda, MD, PhD

Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Kenji Kabashima, MD, PhD

Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) and Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A∗STAR), Singapore, Singapore