Do we have to pay more attention to vitiligo patients? Peculiar histopathological features of primary cutaneous melanoma preceded by vitiligo

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 612-615

  Onsun, Nahide ^a   Büyükbabani, Nesimi ^b   Ümmetoglu, Ömer ^a   Cebeci, Filiz ^a  

^a VAKIF GUREBA HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Metastasizing melanoma; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPIGMENTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN DISEASE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; SURGICAL WARD; VITILIGO;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VITILIGO;

EID: 70350632809     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2009.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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