Metastatic melanoma of the vulva identified by peritoneal fluid cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-155

  Izban, Keith F ^a   Candel, Alvaro G ^a   Hsi, Eric D ^a   Selvaggi, Suzanne M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Metastasis; Peritoneal fluid; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBODY; CISPLATIN; DACTINOMYCIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; VULVA TUMOR; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 0032986794     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199903)20:3<152::aid-dc7>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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