Usefulness of significant morphologic characteristics in distinguishing between Merkel cell polyomavirus-positive and Merkel cell polyomavirus-negative Merkel cell carcinomas

Human Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1912-1917

  Iwasaki, Takeshi ^a   Matsushita, Michiko ^a   Kuwamoto, Satoshi ^a   Kato, Masako ^a   Murakami, Ichiro ^a   Higaki Mori, Hiromi ^a   Nakajima, Hideki ^b   Sano, Shigetoshi ^b   Hayashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histologic criteria; MCPyV infection; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Morphologic prediction for

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN 20; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MORPHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

HISTOLOGIC CRITERIA; MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MORPHOLOGIC PREDICTION FOR MCPYV INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84883461143     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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