Positive sentinel node biopsy in a 30-month-old boy with atypical Spitz tumour (Spitzoid melanoma) [9]

Histopathology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 884-886

  Urso, C ^a   Gelli, R ^a   Borgognoni, L ^a   Tinacci, G ^a   Reali, U M ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ACANTHOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EPITHELIOID CELL; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LETTER; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPINDLE CELL;

HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MELANINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; S100 PROTEINS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33744461032     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02437.x     Document Type: Letter

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