Intraparenchymal nevus cell aggregates in lymph nodes: A possible diagnostic pitfall with malignant melanoma and carcinoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 673-681

  Biddle, David A ^a   Evans, Harry L ^a   Kemp, Bonnie L ^a   El Naggar, Adel K ^a   Harvell, Jeff D ^b   White, Wain L ^c   Iskandar, Sammy S ^d   Prieto, Victor G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HMB 45; Ki 67; MART 1; Melanocyte; Nevus cell aggregate; Nodal nevus; S 100

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS CELL; PARENCHYMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ISOANTIGENS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037407880     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200305000-00011     Document Type: Article

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