Primary cutaneous neuroendocrine cell carcinoma (Merkel cell carcinoma) with prominent microcystic features, mimicking eccrine carcinoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 410-414

  Li, Ning ^a   Wolgamot, Greg ^a   Argenyi, Zsolt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROSS CYSTIC DISEASE FLUID PROTEIN 15; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NECK; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SWEAT GLAND CARCINOMA; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECCRINE GLANDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NECK; NEOPLASMS, ADNEXAL AND SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247342588     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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