Primary malignant melanoma of uterine cervix: A rare entity diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology - Report of a case

Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-156

  Gupta, Sanjay ^a,b   Sodhani, P ^a   Jain, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLPOSCOPE; CYSTOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX EROSION; VAGINA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VULVA;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0038346690     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2003.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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