Clear cell sarcoma (malignant melanoma of soft parts): Fine-needle aspiration cytology of a highly pigmented tumor

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 313-315

  Shabb, Nina Salem ^a   Boulos, Fouad ^a   Tawil, Ayman ^a   Hussein, Maher ^a   Hourani, Mukbil ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Clear cell sarcoma; FNAB; Melanin

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038312147     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10287     Document Type: Article

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