Verrucous angiosarcoma of the skin: A distinct variant of cutaneous angiosarcoma

Histopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 556-561

  Diaz Cascajo, C ^a,c   Weyers, W ^a   Borghi, S ^a   Reichel, M ^b  

^a Center for Dermatopathology   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c Center for Dermatopathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutaneous angiosarcoma; Pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia; Skin; Verrucous neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOSIS; LYMPHEDEMA; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; SKIN TUMOR; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031836561     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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