Diagnostic lessons of mucosal melanoma with osteocartilaginous differentiation

Histopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-260

  Banerjee, S S ^a   Coyne, J D ^b   Menasce, L P ^a   Lobo, C J ^a   Hirsch, P J ^b  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mucosal malignant melanoma; Oral and nasal cavity; Osteocartilaginous differentiation; Vagina

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0031716067     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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