Case of dermatofibroma with monster cells: A review and an immunohistochemical study

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 312-315

  Setoyama, Mitsuru ^a   Fukumaru, Seita ^a   Kanzaki, Tamotsu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bizarre multinucleated cell; Dermatofibroma; Immunohistochemistry; Monster cell; Pseudosarcomatous variant

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; FEMALE; HEMOSIDERIN; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 0030994485     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199706000-00021     Document Type: Article

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