Contralateral metastasis of a cutaneous Merkel cell carcinoma: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 450-451

  Daugherty Jr , Harry K ^a   Rumboldt, Tihana ^a   Hoda, Rana S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28844447566     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20350     Document Type: Letter

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