Epidermotropic xanthoma mimicking balloon cell melanoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 176-178

  Northcutt, Alan D ^a  

^a Central Texas Pathology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon cell melanoma; Epidermotropism; Immunohistochemistry; Xanthoma

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XANTHOMA;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 0034031416     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200004000-00016     Document Type: Article

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