Metastatic melanoma with striking adenocarcinomatous differentiation illustrating phenotypic plasticity in melanoma.

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Published in Am J Surg Pathol on September 01, 2011

Authors

John R Jalas1, Swapna Vemula, Vladimir Bezrookove, Philip E Leboit, Jeffry P Simko, Boris C Bastian

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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