Malignant melanoma with a rhabdoid phenotype exhibiting numerous solid tumor masses: A case report

Oncology Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 887-891

  Nakamura, Tomoki ^a   Matsumine, Akihiko ^a   Kato, Hiroaki ^a   Kusuzaki, Katsuyuki ^b   Nishimura, Keisuke ^a   Murata, Tetsuya ^c   Shiraishi, Taizo ^a   Oda, Yoshinao ^d   Tsuneyoshi, Masazumi ^d   Uchida, Atsumasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

^c SUZUKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Rhabdoid cell; Rhabdoid phenotype; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DACARBAZIN; DACARBAZINE; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MELAN A; NIMUSTINE; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BAF47; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOID TUMOR; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; PHENOTYPE; RHABDOID TUMOR; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 67449100583     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or_00000299     Document Type: Article

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