Eruptive melanotic macules and papules associated with adenocarcinoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 463-469

  Busam, Klaus J ^a,b   Sachs, Dana L ^a   Coit, Daniel G ^a   Halpern, Allan ^a   Hwu, Wen Jen ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FATALITY; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LENTIGINOSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MELANOTIC MACULE; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; NIPPLE; PAPULE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PENIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANUS DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PENIS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0043168016     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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