A collision tumor involving basal cell carcinoma and lentigo maligna melanoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-321

  Belisle, Annie ^a   Gautier, Marie Sophie ^a   Ghozali, Farida ^a   Plantier, Françoise ^b   Wechsler, Janine ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Tarnier Cochin University Hospital ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Collision tumor; Diagnosis; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Lentigo maligna melanoma; Skin

Indexed keywords

HMB 45 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; NOSE; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOSIS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24144459869     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000164603.49026.6a     Document Type: Article

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