Cutaneous epithelioid cell histiocytoma: Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural findings suggesting endothelial origin

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 519-523

  Manente, Liborio ^a   Schmitt, Iris ^a   Onetti, Andrea ^b   Peris, Ketty ^a   Caracciolo, Ernesto ^a   Chimenti, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous histiocytoid hemangioendothelioma; Dermal dendritic cells; Electron microscopy; Epithelioid cell histiocytoma; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; EPITHELIOID CELL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTIOCYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPITHELIOID CELLS; ERYTHROCYTES; GROIN; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTIOCYTES; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYPS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VACUOLES; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 0030726752     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199710000-00105     Document Type: Article

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