Common Blue Nevus of the Uterine Cervix: Case Report and Review

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-82

  Zevallos Giampietri, Eduardo Alfredo ^a   Barrionuevo, Carlos ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLÁSICAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Blue nevus; Differential diagnosis; Electron microscopy dendritic melanocytes; Histochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Pathology; Pigmented lesions; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

EID: 1542515170     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129039-200403000-00015     Document Type: Review

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