A study of eleven cutaneous malignant melanomas in adults with small-cell morphology: Emphasis on diagnostic difficulties and unusual features

Histopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 187-195

  Hanson, I M ^a   Banerjee, S S ^b   Menasce, L P ^b   Prescott, R J ^c  

^a ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Colonization; Malignant melanoma; Small cell morphology

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SARCOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036162270     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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