Melanocytic nevi with an atypical epithelioid cell component: Clinical, histopathologic, and fluorescence in situ hybridization findings

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1405-1412

  Pouryazdanparast, Pedram ^a   Haghighat, Zahra ^a   Beilfuss, Beth Ann ^a   Guitart, Joan ^a   Gerami, Pedram ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fluorescence in situ hybridization; melanoma; nevi with atypical epithelioid cell component; polyploidy

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICAGO; CHILD; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155161055     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31822678d2     Document Type: Article

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