Ameloblastic carcinoma containing melanocyte and melanin pigment in the mandible: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 618-620

  Üzüm, Nüket ^a,b   Akyol, G ^a   Asal, K ^a   Koybasioglu A ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ameloblastic carcinoma; Ameloblastoma; Melanin pigment n ket z m

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

AGED; AMELOBLASTOMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELL; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MANDIBLE CANCER; MELANOCYTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; BIOPSY; DENDRITIC CELLS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; ODONTOGENIC TUMORS;

EID: 27244444399     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2005.00306.x     Document Type: Review

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