Postoperative/posttraumatic spindle cell nodule of the skin: The dermal analogue of nodular fasciitis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 220-224

  Wick, Mark R ^a   Mills, Stacey E ^b   Ritter, Jon H ^a   Lind, Anne C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Myofibroblastic lesions; Pseudoneoplastic proliferations; Reparative lesions

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE INJURY; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN NODULE; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; FACE; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN;

EID: 0032990263     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199906000-00002     Document Type: Article

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