Clear-cell melanocytic lesions with balloon-cell and sebocyte-like melanocytes: A unifying concept

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 380-386

  Kazlouskaya, Viktoryia ^a   Guo, Ying ^a   Maia Cohen, Sandra ^a   Mones, Joan ^a  

^a ACKERMAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

balloon cell; clear cells; melanocytes; melanocytic nevi; melanoma; sebocyte like melanocytes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CELL MELANOCYTE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLUE NEVUS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLEAR CELL MELANOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CYTOPLASM; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBOCYTE LIKE MELANOCYTE; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900851696     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31829fdcd7     Document Type: Article

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