Cutaneous metastases as initial manifestation of dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of bone. An autopsy case with review of the literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 262-267

  Arce, Félix P ^a   Pinto, Jesús ^a   Portero, Isabel ^a   Echevarría, Santiago ^a   Fernando Val Bernal, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAND TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; LIMB TUMOR; MALE; MESENCHYME; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROSARCOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SHOULDER JOINT; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034015328     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2000.027005262.x     Document Type: Article

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