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Molecular identification of metastatic cancer to the skin using laser capture microdissection: a case report.
Cancer - 15 Feb 2000
Milchgrub S, Wistuba I I, Kim B K, Rutherford C, Urban J, Cruz P D, Gazdar A F
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BACKGROUND: In the current study the authors report a 57-year-old woman with a scalp tumor and cervical lymphadenopathy who had a previously resected duodenal carcinoid. Histologic and immunophenotypic characteristics of the duodenal carcinoid differed from those of the scalp and cervical lymph node tumors, prompting the use of molecular methodologies to make the diagnosis. METHODS: Paraffin embedded tissues from...
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