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Detection and Isolation of Circulating Melanoma Cells using Photoacoustic Flowmetry
Published on: November 25, 2011
Aspiration biopsy cytology and melanoma
American Journal of Clinical Pathology
|May 1, 1982
Abstract:
Fine needle aspiration biopsy cytology (ABC) has proven to be a valuable tool for diagnosis of metastatic and primary melanoma. The ABC of 28 cases was studied and the findings tabulated. Melanin can be verified by Fontana-Masson stain. Additional salient features include cell isolation, anisocytosis, multinucleation, eosinophilic nucleoli, and intranuclear inclusions. Use of all of these cytomorphologic findings will result in accurate diagnosis of melanoma by ABC.
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