Small cell malignant melanoma: An unusual morphologic variant

Pathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 431-433

  Abbes, Imen ^a   Sassi, S ^a   Dhouib, R ^a   Mrad, K ^a   Driss, M ^a   Limaiem, F ^a   Ben Romdhane, K ^a  

^a SALAH AZAIEZ INSTITUTE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Small cell morphology

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MART1 ANTIGEN; MELANOMA SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOLUS; PAPULE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SMALL CELL MELANOMA; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; AMPUTATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FINGER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 44249111907     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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