The spectrum of neurocristic cutaneous hamartoma: Clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of three cases

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-223

  Smith, Kathleen J ^a   Mezebish, David ^b   Williams, John ^b   Elgart, Mervyn L ^b   Skelton, Henry G ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hamartoma; Melanocytic; Neurocristic; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; MELANOMA SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURAL CREST; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEURAL CREST; NEVUS; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032130304     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1092-9134(98)80010-5     Document Type: Article

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