Dermoscopic and histopathological findings of polymorphous vessels in amelanotic cutaneous metastasis of pigmented cutaneous melanoma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1134-1136

  Minagawa, A ^a   Koga, H ^a   Sakaizawa, K ^a   Sano, K ^b   Saida, T ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amelanotic melanoma; Atypical vessels; Dermoscopy; Glomerular vessels

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; BETA INTERFERON; CD34 ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

AGED; AMELANOTIC CUTANEOUS METASTASIS; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; AMPUTATION; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAPILLARY WALL; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDEX FINGER; LETTER; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEUTROPHIL; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PIGMENTED CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN METASTASIS; SPINDLE CELL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOWEN'S DISEASE; DERMOSCOPY; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64849094474     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09103.x     Document Type: Letter

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