Merkel cell carcinoma with squamous and sarcomatous differentiation

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 955-959

  Hwang, June H K ^a   Alanen, Ken ^a   Dabbs, Kelly D ^a   Danyluk, John ^a   Silverman, Sveta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Misericordia Community Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51649099591     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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