Cytodiagnosis of metastatic melanoma in the lymph nodes.
Indian J Cancer
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1991 Dec; 28(4): 185-7
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-50647
ABSTRACT
Lymph-node aspirates performed over ten years numbering 1,555 showed 8.2 percent of metastatic tumors. Of these, only six percent were metastatic melanomas. Clinical diagnosis was made in three cases. Melanin in the cells made the diagnosis easy. But even in the absence of the pigment as in two amelanotic melanomas, the cytologic features were characteristic.
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Main subject:
Biopsy, Needle
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Cytodiagnosis
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Lymph Nodes
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Lymphatic Metastasis
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Cancer
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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