Superficial paramucosal clear cell sarcoma of the soft parts resembling melanoma in a 13-year-old boy

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-268

  Sidiropoulos, Michael ^a   Busam, Klaus ^b   Guitart, Joan ^a   Laskin, William B ^a   Wagner, Annette M ^a,c   Gerami, Pedram ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clear cell sarcoma; FISH; melanoma; melanoma of soft parts

Indexed keywords

EWSR1 ATF1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; EWSR1-ATF1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIP TUMOR; MALE; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872683404     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cup.12058     Document Type: Article

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