Signet-ring cell melanoma of the gastroesophageal junction: A case report and literature review

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-328

  Grilliot, Melissa A ^a   Goldblum, John R ^a   Liu, Xiuli ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MART-1 ANTIGEN; MELANOMA; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 84863237605     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0042-CR     Document Type: Article

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