Combined high-grade basal cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma of the skin ("malignant basomelanocytic tumor"): Report of two coses and review of the literature

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 314-318

  Rodriguez, Jaime ^a,c,d   Nonaka, Daisuke ^a   Kuhn, Elisabetta ^a   Reichel, Martin ^b   Rosai, Juan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Centro Diagnostics Italiano (CDI)   (Italy)

^d Centro Diagnostico Italiano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Bidirectional differentiation; Collision tumor; Malignant basomelanocytic tumor; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; HMB 45 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MELANOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 24144470044     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000171600.17692.65     Document Type: Review

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