Two cases of cutaneous apocrine ductal carcinoma of the axilla. Case report and review of the literature

Dermatology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 332-337

  Katagiri, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Ansai, S ^a  

^a Yamagata Pref Nihonkai Hospital   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apocrine adenocarcinoma; Apocrine carcinoma; Apocrine ductal carcinoma; Apocrine skin carcinoma; Cutaneous apocrine ductal carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Sweat gland neoplasm; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD15 ANTIGEN; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; APOCRINE CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CANCER CELL; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CELL GROWTH; DERMIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION;

EID: 0033428852     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018285     Document Type: Article

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