Epithelioid melanocytic nevus with tubule and pseudoacini formation

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 213-216

  Uhlenhake, Elizabeth E ^a   Smoller, Bruce R ^a   Gardner, Jerad M ^a   Shalin, Sara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

acinar; pseudo glandular; pseudoacinar; Spitz nevus; tubular Spitz nevus; tubulo cystic changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84925639993     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cup.12451     Document Type: Article

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