Melanin pigmented oncocytic metaplasia of the nasopharynx

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 434, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 455-457

  Hirakawa, Eiichiro ^a   Miki, Hiroshi ^a   Ohmori, Masaki ^a   Kobayashi, Shoji ^a   Haba, Reiji ^a   Nagai, Yousuke ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ohkawa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Melanin; Nasopharynx; Oncocytic metaplasia

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER CELL; CASE REPORT; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; METAPLASIA; MITOCHONDRION; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NOSE CAVITY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032977177     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050366     Document Type: Article

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