Malignant amelanotic melanoma of the pleura without primary skin lesion: An autopsy case report

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 379-384

  Ohata, Yuichiro ^a   Haga, Takayuki ^b   Ogata, Sho ^a   Nakanishi, Kuniaki ^a   Kawai, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Higashisaitama National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amelanotic melanoma; HMB 45; Immunohistochemistry; Pleura; S100

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; SARCOMA; SKIN TUMOR;

AUTOPSY; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; SARCOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 74349088556     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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