Melanoma with prominent pigment synthesis (animal-type melanoma): A case report with ultrastructural studies

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 290-297

  Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a   Rütten, Arno ^b   Kempf, Werner ^c   Michal, Michal ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal type; Dermal melanosis; Electron microscopy; Equine type; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant melanoma; Melanosomes

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LYSOZYME; MELAN A; MICROCEPHTHALMIA TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL TYPE MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; MELANOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3342993266     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200408000-00005     Document Type: Article

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