Nodular melanosis due to epithelial neoplasms: A finding not restricted to regressed melanomas

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 118-122

  Flax, Stephen H ^a   Skelton, Henry G ^b,d   Smith, Kathleen J ^a   Lupton, George P ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d Labcorp   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial neoplasm; Nodular melanosis; Regressed melanoma

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA; TUMOR REGRESSION;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; KERATINS; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031979954     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199804000-00002     Document Type: Article

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