Cellular blue nevus with nevus cells in a sentinel lymph node

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 586-589

  Misago, Noriyuki ^a   Nagase, Kohtarou ^b   Toda, Shuji ^b   Sninoda, Yohsuke ^a   Koba, Shinich ^a   Narisawa, Yutaka ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit Ki 67 nodal nevus cells proliferating cell nuclear antigen; Cellular blue nevus; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CYCLINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; STROMA;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, BLUE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52649126289     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2008.0493     Document Type: Article

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