Amelanotic malignant melanoma: Two collision tumors presenting as basal cell carcinoma and atypical fibroxanthoma

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-162

  McGregor, Douglas H ^a,b   Cherian, Rachel ^a,b   Romanas, Maria M ^a,b   Ulusarac, Ozlem ^a,b   Mathur, Sharad C ^a,b   Feldman, Mary M ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical fibroxanthoma; Basal cell carcinoma; Collision tumor; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; MELAN A; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FIBROXANTHOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 43449113566     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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