Hobnail hemangioma: A pseudomalignant vascular lesion with a reappraisal of targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-105

  Guillou, Louis ^a   Calonje, Eduardo ^b   Speight, Paul ^b   Rosai, Juan ^c   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemangioendothelioma; Hemangioma; Hobnail hemagioma; Kaposi's sarcoma; Skin; Soft tissue; Targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; HEMOSIDERIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032956644     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199901000-00011     Document Type: Article

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