Metastatic rhabdoid melanoma: Report of a case with a comparative review of the literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-342

  Gavino, Alde Carlo P ^a,b   Gillies, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; RHABDOID TUMOR; SKIN EXAMINATION;

CELL NUCLEUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RHABDOID TUMOR; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 38649115983     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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