Aberrant S100 expression in cutaneous malignant fibrous histiocytoma: A potential pitfall in diagnosis

Histopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-364

  Gulmann, C ^c   Egan, B ^a   Cottell, D ^b   Keane, F B V ^c   Jeffers, M D ^c  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; S100 PROTEINS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036411678     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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