Malignant basomelanocytic tumor manifesting as metastatic melanoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1393-1396

  Erickson, Lori A ^a   Myers, Jeffrey L ^a   Mihm, Martin C ^b   Markovic, Svetomir N ^a   Pittelkow, Mark R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Basomelanocytic; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; MELAN A; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN BEREP4; PROTEIN HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL POPULATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 5044232269     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000135526.19189.31     Document Type: Article

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