Spontaneous complete regression in merkel cell carcinoma after biopsy

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-177

  Val Bernal, José Fernando ^a   García Castaño, Almudena ^a   García Barredo, Rosario ^a   Landeras, Rosa ^a   De Juan, Ana ^a   Garijo, María Francisca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOACANTHOMA; KERATOSIS; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MELANOMA; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROFILAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD3; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952180950     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e31820ce11f     Document Type: Letter

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