Spindle cell variant of epithelioid sarcoma: An easily misdiagnosed tumour

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-141

  Tan, Suat Hoon ^a,b   Ong, Beng Hock ^b  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fibroma like

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN; DOXORUBICIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FIBROMA; FOREARM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; SKIN NODULE; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARM; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SARCOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035010970     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2001.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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