Rosette formation within a proliferative nodule of an atypical combined melanocytic nevus in an adult

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-39

  Hoang, Mai P ^a   Rakheja, Dinesh ^a   Amirkhan, Robin H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Veteran Aff N TX Hlth Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon cell change; Blue nevus; Combined melanocytic nevus; Congenital nevus; Proliferative nodule; Rosette formation

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DENDRITIC CELL; DERMIS; EXTERNAL EAR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRICHOME;

CELL DIVISION; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEVUS, BLUE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037305844     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200302000-00008     Document Type: Article

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