Malignant schwannoma with melanocytic differentiation arising in a patient with neurofibromatosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1078-1082

  Murakami, T ^a   Kiyosawa, T ^a   Murata, S ^a   Usui, K ^a   Ohtsuki, M ^a   Nakagawa, H ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carney's complex; Malignant schwannoma; Melanocytic differentiation; Neurotrophic melanoma; Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DACARBAZINE; DESMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; NIMUSTINE; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MELANOCYTE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033730208     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03849.x     Document Type: Article

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