Reactive angioendotheliomatosis or intravascular histiocytosis? An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study in two cases of intravascular histiocytic cell proliferation

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 497-504

  Rieger, E ^a   Soyer, H P ^a   Leboit, P E ^b   Metze, D ^c   Slovak, R ^d   Kerl, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Intravascular histiocytosis; Reactive angioendotheliomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANGIOENDOTHELIOMATOSIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032964967     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02717.x     Document Type: Article

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