Coexistence of micrometastatic melanoma cells and sarcoid granulomas in all regional lymph nodes in a patient with acral melanoma

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-376

  Echigo, T ^a   Saito, A ^a   Takehara, K ^a   Takata, M ^a   Hatta, N ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AGED; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SARCOIDOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037707710     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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