Pigmented olfactory neuroblastoma: A CD56-positive mimic of melanoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-272

  Han, Amy ^b   Kristjansson, Arni K ^b   Gilliam, Anita C ^a   Jacobs, Gretta ^b   Eisenberg, Rosana ^b  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESTHESIONEUROBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NOSE CARTILAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTHESIONEUROBLASTOMA, OLFACTORY; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NASAL CAVITY; NOSE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39649085568     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2007.52     Document Type: Letter

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