Gingival metastasis of Merkel cell carcinoma: A case report

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-47

  Schmidt Westhausen, Andrea ^a   Reichart, Peter A ^a   Gross, Ulrich M ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Oral metastasis

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE TUMOR; GINGIVA TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MANDIBLE TUMOR; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHEEK; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KERATINS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029678059     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1996.tb01222.x     Document Type: Article

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