Merkel cell tumour with leiomyosarcomatous differentiation

Histopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 540-543

  Cooper, L ^a   DeBono, R ^a   Alsanjari, N ^a   Al Nafussi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leiomyosarcoma; Merkel cell tumour; Sarcomatoid carcinoma; Skin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; DESMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DESMIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0034094909     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2000.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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