Carcinoid-like pattern in melanoma: Report of 4 cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 542-550

  Kacerovska, Denisa ^a   Michal, Michal ^a,b   Sosna, Bohumil ^b   Cempirkova, Dana ^c   Ambrus, Miloslav ^d   Richtr, Patrik ^a   Danis, Dusan ^e   Zelger, Bernhard ^f   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b BIOPTICAL LABORATORY   (Czech Republic)

^c Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e Cytopathos   (Slovakia)

^f INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carcinoid like; Insular like pattern; Melanoma; Pseudorosettes; Ribbons; Trabecules

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ABSCESS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROSETTE FORMATION; SCAR; SHOULDER; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TUMOR; SPINE METASTASIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68949160660     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181a8525a     Document Type: Article

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