Fine-needle aspiration of merkel cell carcinoma of the skin with cytomorphology and immunocytochemical correlation

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-257

  Collins, Brian T ^a,c   Elmberger, P Goran ^b   Tani, Edneia M ^b   Bjornhagen, Viveca ^b   Ramos, Ricardo R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Merkel cell carcinoma; Needle aspirate; Skin neoplasm

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031943626     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199804)18:4<251::AID-DC1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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