Metastatic desmoplastic malignant melanoma associated with low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 490-494

  Kacerovska, Denisa ^a   Michal, Michal ^b   Kutzner, Heinz ^c   Rychnovsky, Jiri ^d   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b BIOPTICAL LABORATORY   (Czech Republic)

^c Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^d Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

A smooth muscle actin; Divergent differentiation; Lowgrade myofibroblastic sarcoma; Malignant transformation; Metastatic desmoplastic malignant melanoma; Reactive stromal myofibroblasts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DENSE BODY; DERMIS; DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HEEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOFILAMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE; SPINDLE CELL; STAINING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR CELL; FIBROSARCOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; SECOND CANCER; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FIBROSARCOMA; GROIN; HEEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69849112791     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31819afdaa     Document Type: Article

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