Fibrosarcomatous ('high-grade') dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: Clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of a series of 41 cases with emphasis on prognostic significance

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 576-587

  Mentzel, Thomas ^c   Beham, Alfred ^c   Katenkamp, Detlef ^c   Dei Tos, Angelo P ^a,b   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^b  

^a Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Brigham and Women's Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Fibrosarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Prognosis; Skin; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031924979     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199805000-00009     Document Type: Article

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