Microphthalmia transcription factor and melanoma cell adhesion molecule expression distinguish desmoplastic/spindle cell melanoma from morphologic mimics

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-64

  Koch, Michael B ^a   Shih, Ie Ming ^b   Weiss, Sharon W ^a   Folpe, Andrew L ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD146 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FIBROXANTHOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; SCAR; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD146; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEUROFIBROMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 0035192664     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200101000-00006     Document Type: Article

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