Pigmented pleomorphic adenoma, a novel melanin-pigmented benign salivary gland tumor

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 445, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-202

  Takeda, Yasunori ^a   Satoh, Masanobu ^a   Nakamura, Shin Ichi ^b  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Central Clinical Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanin pigment; Melanocyte; Pleomorphic adenoma; Salivary gland tumor

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTED PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR;

ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544248427     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1050-0     Document Type: Article

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