Fine needle aspiration cytology in recurrent amelanotic melanoma: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 829-832

  Siddaraju, Neelaiah ^a   Yaranal, Parasappa J ^a   Mishra, Manisha Manaswini ^a   Soundararaghavan, Jayanthi ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; Immunohistochemistry; Local neoplasm recurrence; Melanoma, amelanotic

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 34548815913     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325851     Document Type: Article

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