Molecular identification of metastatic cancer to the skin using laser capture microdissection : A case report

✍ Scribed by Sara Milchgrub; Ignacio I. Wistuba; Bong K. Kim; Cynthia Rutherford; Jill Urban; Ponciano D. Cruz Jr.; Adi F. Gazdar

• Book ID: 101231855
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 371 KB
• Volume: 88
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000215)88:4<749::aid-cncr3>3.0.co;2-9

✦ Synopsis

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.