An immunohistochemical analysis of pseudomelanocytic nests mimicking melanoma in situ: Report of 2 cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 633-637

  Nicholson, Kimberly M ^a   Gerami, Pedram ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lichenoid inflammation; MITF; pseudomelanocytic nests

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHENOID; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955176472     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181d1537b     Document Type: Article

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