Hepatocellular carcinoma metastatic to skin: Diagnostic utility of antihuman hepatocyte antibody in combination with albumin in situ hybridization

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 262-266

  Wood, Angela J ^a   Lappinga, Paul J ^a   Ahmed, Iftikhar ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CELL ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN; LIVER CELL ANTIBODY; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIMARY TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN METASTASIS;

AGED; ALBUMINS; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58649112183     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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