Merkel cell carcinoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (collision tumor) of the arm: A diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration biopsy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 293-295

  Barroeta, Julieta E ^a   Farkas, Tunde ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Collision tumor; FNA; Merkel cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ARM; AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; KERATIN-20; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247523748     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20616     Document Type: Article

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