Giant cell collagenoma: A benign dermal tumor with distinctive multinucleate cells

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 557-563

  Rudolph, Pierre ^a   Schubert, Christoph ^b   Harms, Dieter ^b   Parwaresch, Reza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Collagenoma; Fibrous tumor; Giant cell; Immunohistochemistry; Skin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; CYTOKERATIN; MUCIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MALE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NEUROFIBROMA; NEVUS; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN NODULE; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; COLLAGEN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOSIS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031923755     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199805000-00006     Document Type: Article

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