Primary pulmonary melanoma diagnosis: The role of immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 543-545

  Kotoulas, Christophoros ^a   Skagias, L ^a   Konstantinou, G ^a   Tsilalis, T ^a   Tsintiris, K ^a   Laoutidis, G ^a   Sambaziotis, D ^a  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cytology; FNA; Immunocytochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Melanoma; Primary; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CARBOPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; MELAN A; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VIMENTIN; VINDESINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38349106184     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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