Epidermotropic metastases from breast carcinoma showing different clinical and histopathological features on the trunk and on the scalp in a single patient

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 641-646

  Brasanac, Dimitrije ^a   Boricic, Ivan ^a   Todorovic, Vera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; TRUNK;

EID: 0242624579     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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