Incidental chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in a biopsy of Merkel cell carcinoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 706-710

  Craig, Paul J ^a,b   Calonje, Jaime E ^a   Harries, Mark ^a   Stefanato, Catherine M ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65949115698     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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