Plexiform melanocytic schwannoma: A mimic of melanoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 521-525

  Yeh, Iwei ^a,b   Argenyi, Zsolt ^c   Vemula, Swapna S ^a,b   Furmanczyk, Paul S ^c   Bouffard, Danielle ^d   McCalmont, Timothy H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

melanocytic neoplasms; melanoma; molecular diagnosis; schwannoma

Indexed keywords

HMB 45 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HMB-45 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MELAN A; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; NEURILEMOMA; PATHOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MART-1 ANTIGEN; MELANOMA; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; NEURILEMMOMA; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84860215590     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01856.x     Document Type: Article

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