Cytologic features of metastatic and recurrent melanoma in patients with primary cutaneous desmoplastic melanoma

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 715-723

  Murali, Rajmohan ^a,b   Loughman, Noel T ^a   McKenzie, Paul R ^a   Watson, Geoffrey F ^a   Thompson, John F ^a,b   Scolyer, Richard A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytology; Desmoplastic melanoma; Fine needle biopsy; Metastatic melanoma; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT CANCER; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CELL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55249115110     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPG4QZHLWFXMFJ     Document Type: Article

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