Bona fide primary merkel cell carcinoma of an intraparotid lymph node in a HIV-positive patient

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 406-408

  Ottaviani, Francesco ^a   Capaccio, Pasquale ^b   Villani, Federico ^a   Banderali, Matteo ^a   Pruneri, Giancarlo ^a   Klinger, Marco ^a   Pignataro, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIV infection; immunohistochemistry; Merkel cell carcinoma; parotid lymph node; parotid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; LAMIVUDINE; LORAZEPAM; NELFINAVIR; OCTREOTIDE; SERTRALINE; STAVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAPAROTID LYMPH NODE; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78549266203     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908330051     Document Type: Article

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