Trichogerminoma: A rare cutaneous adnexal tumor with differentiation toward the hair germ epithelium

Dermatology

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 405-408

  Kazakov, D V ^a   Kutzner, H ^b   Rutten A ^b   Dummer, R ^a   Burg, G ^a   Kempf, W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calretinin; Cytokeratins; Hair follicle; Merkel cell; Trichoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GERM CELL TUMOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PILOMATRIXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; TRICHILEMMOMA; TRICHOBLASTOMA; TRICHOEPITHELIOMA; TRICHOGERMINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIUM; FACE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASMS, ADNEXAL AND SKIN APPENDAGE; PILOMATRIXOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036432827     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066427     Document Type: Article

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