Clinically misinterpreted melanoma metastases can correctly be diagnosed by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-241

  Schaefer Hesterberg, Gregor ^a   van Akkooi, Alexander J C ^b   Letsch, Anne ^a   Roewert, Joachim ^a   Blume Peytavi, Ulrike ^a   Keilholz, Ulrich ^a   Voit, Christiane ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FNAC; Lipoma; Melanoma; Metastases; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ELBOW; HUMANS; LIPOMA; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79960823315     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2011.1275     Document Type: Article

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