Sentinel lymph node biopsy in histologically ambiguous melanocytic tumors with spitzoid features (so-called atypical spitzoid tumors)

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 302-309

  Murali, Rajmohan ^a,c   Sharma, Raghwa N ^b   Thompson, John F ^a,c   Stretch, Jonathan R ^a,c   Lee, C Soon ^a,c   McCarthy, Stanley W ^a,c   Scolyer, Richard A ^a,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical; Histopathology; Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATURATION; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; MITOSIS RATE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38049115870     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9577-3     Document Type: Article

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