Primary uterine cervix melanoma resembling malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: A case report

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 596-600

  Pusceddu, Sara ^a   Bajetta, Emilio ^a   Buzzoni, Roberto ^a   Carcangiu, Maria Luisa ^a   Platania, Marco ^b   Del Vecchio, Michele ^a   Ditto, Antonino ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; MPNST; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SPINDLE CELL; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149188510     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e31817323c4     Document Type: Article

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