Merkel cell carcinoma in a malignant pleural effusion: Case report

CytoJournal

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Payne, Misty M ^a   Rader, Anne E ^a   McCarthy, Denis M ^a   Rodgers, William H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BONE PAIN; BUTTOCK; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DYSPNEA; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS CYST; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SPINE TUMOR; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 15544379183     PISSN: 17426413     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6413-1-5     Document Type: Review

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