Clear-cell smooth muscle tumor of the skin

Modern Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1021-1025

  Massi, Daniela ^a   Biancalani, Mauro ^b   Franchi, Alessandro ^a   Santucci, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Unita Operativa Anat Patologica C   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Skin; Smooth muscle hamartoma; Smooth muscle tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; FIBRONECTIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ACTINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031766489     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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