Primary cutaneous signet-ring cell melanoma: A clinico-pathologic and immunohistochemical study of two cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 418-422

  Rütten, Arno ^a   Huschka, Ulrich ^f   Requena, Celia ^b   Rodríguez Peralto, José Luis ^c   Requena, Luis ^d,e  

^a Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Clear cells; Malignant melanoma; Signet ring cells

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0141788823     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200310000-00007     Document Type: Article

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