Reactivity with TdT in merkel cell carcinoma: A potential diagnostic pitfall

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 894-898

  Buresh, Cary J ^a   Oliai, Bahram Robert ^a   Miller, Rodney T ^a  

^a ProPath Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Immunoperoxidase; Lymphoblastic lymphoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; TdT; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; PAX5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PTPRC PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTIGENS, CD45; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 45949112318     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/R494HQ9VRDJWDY30     Document Type: Article

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