Metastatic malignant melanoma resembling malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: Report of 16 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1499-1505

  King, Roy ^b   Busam, Klaus ^b   Rosai, Juan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Metastases

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MELANOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032708958     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199912000-00007     Document Type: Article

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