Detection of merkel cell carcinoma polyomavirus in mucosal merkel cell carcinoma

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 342-346

  Wu, Karen N ^a   McCue, Peter A ^a   Berger, Adam ^a   Spiegel, Joseph R ^a   Wang, Zi Xuan ^a   Witkiewicz, Agnieszka K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CM2B4; immunohistochemistry; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; polyomavirus

Indexed keywords

CD99 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; ETOPOSIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CM2B4; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHROMATIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; MUCOSAL MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NUCLEOLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 78549254943     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896910371638     Document Type: Article

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