Merkel cell carcinoma with eccrine differentiation: a clinicopathologic study of 7 cases

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 410-414

  Saeb Lima, Marcela ^a   Montante Montes de Oca, Daniel ^a   Albores Saavedra, Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eccrine and squamous differentiation; Merkel cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SWEAT GLAND; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOGRANINS; ECCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATIN-20; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 55149105653     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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