Metastatic balloon cell malignant melanoma: A case report and literature review

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-321

  Lee, Lili ^a   Zhou, Fang ^a   Simms, Anthony ^a   Wieczorek, Rosemary ^b,c   Fang, Yanan ^b   Subietas Mayol, Antonio ^b,c   Wang, Beverly ^a   Heller, Patricia ^c   Huang, Hongying ^a   Pei, Zhiheng ^a   Osman, Iman ^a   Meehan, Shane ^a   Lee, Peng ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon cell; Clear cell tumors; Malignant; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SILVER STAINING; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; SILVER STAINING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051651793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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