When melanoma is negative for S100: Diagnostic pitfalls

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-239

  Riddle, Nicole D ^a   Bui, Marilyn M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; KERATIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; CHROMOGRANINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 84858059209     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0405-LE     Document Type: Letter

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