Composite hemangioendothelioma: A complex, low-grade vascular lesion mimicking angiosarcoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 352-361

  Nayler, Simon J ^a   Rubin, Brian P ^d   Calonje, Eduarde ^b   Chan, John K C ^c   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b Institute of Dermatology   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Blood vessel; Hemangioendothelioma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MOUTH MUCOSA; SPINDLE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034005781     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200003000-00003     Document Type: Article

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