An unusual pattern of pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia associated with cutaneous primary melanoma: Report of two cases with analysis of p53 and bcl-2 immunoreactivity

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 72-75

  Vučić, Majda ^a   Čupić, Hrvoje ^a   Tomić, Karla ^b   Krušlin, Božo ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b DR JOSIP BEN EVI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Primary melanoma; Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOEPITHELIOMATOUS HYPERPLASIA; PSEUDOTUMOR; SKIN CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MELANOMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 34547621606     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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