Desmoplastic malignant melanoma of the oral mucosa: An underrecognized diagnostic pitfall

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 383-389

  Kilpatrick, Scott E ^a   White, Wain L ^a   Browne, J Dale ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

desmoplastic; malignant melanoma; maxilla; oral mucosa

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAXILLA RESECTION; MELANOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0029896003     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960801)78:3<383::AID-CNCR1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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