Unusually differentiating immature nerve sheath myxoma in association with dermal melanocytosis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  Misago, Noriyuki ^a,b   Narisawa, Yutaka ^a   Inoue, Takuya ^a   Yonemitsu, Nobuhisa ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Division of Dermatology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue nevus; Dermal melanocytosis; Nerve sheath myxoma; Neurofibroma; Neurothekeoma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTOSIS; MYXOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTES; NEUROTHEKEOMA; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032928294     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199902000-00013     Document Type: Article

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