Molecular analysis of a case of nevus of ota showing progressive evolution to melanoma with intermediate stages resembling cellular blue nevus

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-305

  Gerami, Pedram ^a   Pouryazdanparast, Pedram ^a   Vemula, Swapna ^b   Bastian, Boris C ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular blue nevus; Comparative genomic hybridization; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Melanoma; Nevus of Ota

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GNAQ GENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIT GENE; MELANOMA; NRAS GENE; OTA NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SPINDLE CELL;

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS OF OTA; NEVUS, BLUE; ORBIT EVISCERATION; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951762750     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181b96db7     Document Type: Article

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