Infiltrative glomus tumor arising from a benign glomus tumor: A distinctive immunohistochemical pattern in the infiltrative component

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 562-566

  Skelton, Henry G ^b   Smith, Kathleen J ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

CD34; Glomus tumor; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLOMUS TUMOR; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; TUMOR CELL;

ACTINS; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0032805755     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199912000-00011     Document Type: Article

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