Spindle cell malignant melanoma metastatic to the breast from a pigmented lesion on the back: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-390

  Artal, Emilio Mayayo ^a,d   Gómez Aracil, Virginia ^b   Alvira, Rosa Mayayo ^a   Azua Romeo, Javier ^c   Arraiza, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast cancer; Malignant melanoma; Metastasis; Spindle cell malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLUE NEVUS; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 2442699166     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326390     Document Type: Article

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