Melan-a-positive "pseudomelanocytic nests": A pitfall in the histopathologic and immunohistochemical diagnosis of pigmented lesions on sun-damaged skin

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-308

  Beltraminelli, Helmut ^a,b   Shabrawi Caelen, Laila El ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lichenoid dermatitis; Melan A; Phototoxic reaction; Pseudomelanocytic nests

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MELAN A; MART1 ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; ELASTOSIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHENOID; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LICHENOID ERUPTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOPSY; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 66149096588     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31819d3769     Document Type: Article

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