Metastatic balloon cell melanoma: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 543-548

  Baehner, Frederick L ^a,c   Ng, Brenda ^a   Sudilovsky, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; Melanoma; Metastasis; Metastatic balloon cell melanoma

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BALLOON CELL MELANOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL ADHESION; CELL INCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PSEUDOINCLUSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR PLEOMORPHISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PROTEA;

EID: 24944455099     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326203     Document Type: Article

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