Carcinosarcoma of the skin: Case report and literature review

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 614-619

  Biernat, Wojciech ^a,b   Kordek, Radzisław ^a   Liberski, Pawel P ^a   Woźniak, Leszek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b Katedra Onkologii   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Skin; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; ARM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; COLORING AGENTS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MITOSIS; ORGANELLES; PHENOTYPE; S100 PROTEINS; SARCOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030449857     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199612000-00012     Document Type: Article

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