Case of metastatic melanoma in bone marrow smear.

Int J Lab Hematol

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS - Rome IT, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Dipartimento Universitario di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.

Published: December 2022

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