Angiotropism in epidermotropic metastatic melanoma: Another clue to the diagnosis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 429-433

  Gerami, Pedram ^a   Shea, Christopher ^b   Stone, Mary S ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotropism; Epidermotropic; Local recurrence; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOTROPIC METASTATIC MALIGNANT MELANOMA; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749439295     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000204761.40199.3f     Document Type: Article

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