Actin-rich desmoplastic malignant melanoma: Report of three cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 537-541

  Riccioni, Luca ^b   Di Tommaso, Luca ^c   Collina, Guido ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Desmoplastic malignant melanoma; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant melanoma; Sarcomatoid differentiation; Smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CELL;

ACTINS; AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032761867     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199912000-00006     Document Type: Article

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