Activation of mast cells within a tumor of angiosarcoma: Ultrastructural study of five cases

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 280-289

  Demitsu, Toshio ^a,b   Inoue, Tae ^a   Kakurai, Maki ^b   Kiyosawa, Tomoharu ^b   Yoneda, Kozo ^a   Manabe, Motomu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic degranulation; Angiosarcoma; Cellular interactions; Mast cell; Piecemeal degranulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; METASTASIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0036301528     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2002.tb00264.x     Document Type: Article

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