Merkel cell carcinoma with divergent differentiation: Histopathological and immunohistochemical study of 15 cases with PCR analysis for Merkel cell polyomavirus

Histopathology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 711-722

  Martin, Blanca ^a   Poblet, Enrique ^b   Rios, Juan Jose ^c   Kazakov, Dmitry ^d   Kutzner, Heinz ^e   Brenn, Thomas ^f   Calonje, Eduardo ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e Dermatopathologie Friedrichshafen   (Germany)

^f WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divergent differentiation; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Primary cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCRINE POROCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 84875635129     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/his.12091     Document Type: Article

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