A case of S-100 negative melanoma: A diagnostic pitfall in the workup of a poorly differentiated metastatic tumor of unknown origin

When confronted with a metastatic poorly differentiated tumor of unknown origin, the initial workup includes the standard panel of immunostains to rule out carcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma, and the greatest mimicker in pathology – malignant melanoma. Although not specific, the S-100 protein is expressed...

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Autores principales: Biernacka, Anna, Linos, Konstantinos D., DeLong, Peter A., Suriawinata, Arief A., Padmanabhan, Vijayalakshmi, Liu, Xiaoying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27729935
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1742-6413.190914

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27729935
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1742-6413.190914

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