Malignant melanoma of anorectal region: A clinicopathologic study of 61 cases

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 275-281

  Tariq, Muhammad Usman ^a   Ud Din, Nasir ^a,b   Ud Din, Nausheen Feroz ^a   Fatima, Saira ^a   Ahmad, Zubair ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Medical College   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorectal; CD117 (c kit); HMB 45; Malignant melanoma; Melan A; Melanin pigment

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; MELAN A; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ANORECTAL MALIGNANT MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL TYPE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NESTING; SPINDLE CELL; AGED; ANUS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908255696     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: 15328198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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