Intraepidermal Merkel cell carcinoma with no dermal involvement

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-69

  Brown, Holly A ^a,c   Sawyer, Doug M ^a   Woo, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Clinical Dermatology   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidermotrophism; Merkel cell carcinoma; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Pagetoid spread

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033952951     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200002000-00013     Document Type: Article

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