Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy in the Soft Tissues of the Arm: Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Histologic Correlation - A Case Report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 352-355

  Al Marzooq, Yusef M ^a   Al Bagshi, Muneer H ^a   Chopra, Rajan ^a   Hashish, Hany ^a  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ARM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SOFT TISSUE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ARM; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MELANINS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR, MELANOTIC; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0344305597     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10393     Document Type: Article

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