Dermatofibroma with granular cells: A report of two cases

Dermatology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-56

  Aloi, Filippo ^a   Albertazzi, D ^b   Pippione, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cutaneous granular cell tumors; Dermatofibroma; Granular cell dermatofibroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; DERMATOFIBROMA; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0032792544     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018179     Document Type: Article

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