Metastatic Malignant Melanoma in Liver Aspirate: Cytomorphologic Distinction from Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-250

  Parwani, Anil V ^a   Chan, Theresa Y ^a   Mathew, Seema ^a   Ali, Syed Z ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NEEDLE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAIN; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1842537082     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10394     Document Type: Article

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