Merkel cell carcinoma with cytokeratin 20-negative and thyroid transcription factor-1-positive immunostaining admixed with squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-79

  Koba, Shinichi ^a   Inoue, Takuya ^a   Okawa, Takeshi ^a   Tara, Akiko ^a   Yada, Naomi ^b   Misago, Noriyuki ^a   Narisawa, Yutaka ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin 20; Merkel cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma; Thyroid transcription factor 1

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-20; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80052351830     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: 1873569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2011.06.011     Document Type: Letter

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