Epithelioid blue nevus: A rare variant of blue nevus not always associated with the Carney complex

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 218-223

  Moreno, Carmen ^a   Requena, Luis ^a,e   Kutzner, Heinz ^b   De La Cruz, Alberto ^c   Jaqueti, Gerardo ^a   Sánchez Yus, Evaristo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^c Centro Oncologico de Galicia   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; DERMIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FIBROSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; NEVUS, BLUE; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034015183     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2000.027005218.x     Document Type: Article

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