Pigmented oral squamous cell carcinoma: A case report and brief review of the literature

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-157

  Lisboa Castro, Jurema ^a   Cazal, Claudia ^a,b   Gomes Henriques, Aguida Cristina ^a   Carneiro Leão, Jair ^a   De Vasconcelos Carvalho, Marianne ^a   De Carvalho Dourado, Hilda Texeira ^a   Carvalho, Alessandra A Tavares ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Federal University of Pernambuco ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Melanin; Melanocyte colonization; Oral mucosa; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALVEOLAR RIDGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LIP; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 62849121304     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908315747     Document Type: Article

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