Basal cell carcinoma with thickened basement membrane: A variant that resembles some benign adnexal neoplasms

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 568-574

  El Shabrawi, Laila ^a   LeBoit, Philip E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Mimicking benign cutaneous adnexal neoplasm; Thickened basement membrane

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOMA; ADENOMA, SWEAT GLAND; ADNEXAL DISEASES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEAT GLAND NEOPLASMS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030840168     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199712000-00003     Document Type: Article

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