Potential diagnostic pitfalls in melanoma arising in a cutaneous tattoo [12]

Histopathology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-285

  Singh, R S ^a   Hafeez Diwan, A ^a   Prieto, V G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LICHENOID ERUPTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN LYMPHOMA; TATTOO;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TATTOOING;

EID: 34447527352     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02740.x     Document Type: Letter

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