Cytogenetic comparison between clear cell sarcoma and a case of acral clear cell melanoma

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 363-368

  Zelger, Bettina G ^a   Debiec Rychter, Maria ^c   Sciot, Raf ^c   Zelger, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clear cell melanoma; Clear cell sarcoma; Cytogenetics; Electron microscopy; FISH technique; Immunohistochemistry; Soft tissue tumour

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATF1 GENE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 22; CLEAR CELL MELANOMA; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GIANT CELL; HEEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSOME; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; AGED; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037561535     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1610-0387.2003.02043.x     Document Type: Article

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