Pigmented (melanotic) neurofibroma: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 19 lesions from 17 patients

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-343

  Fetsch, John F ^a   Michal, Michal ^b   Miettinen, Markku ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bednar tumor; Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Diffuse neurofibroma; HMB 45; Melan A; Melanin; Neurocristic cutaneous hamartoma; Neurofibroma; Neurofibromatosis; Pigmented neurofibroma; Soft tissue tumor; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTRICHOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034006709     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200003000-00001     Document Type: Article

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