Primary cutaneous signet-ring cell melanoma with pseudoglandular features, spindle cells and oncocytoid changes

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-83

  Kacerovska, Denisa ^a   Sokol, Ladislav ^b,c   Michal, Michal ^a   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^c Memorial Mendel Cancer Centre   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic melanoma; Malignant melanoma; Oncocytosis; Pseudoglandular structures; Signet ring cells

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SIGNET RING MELANOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR RECURRENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62349096668     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181814c5e     Document Type: Article

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