Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor without multinucleated giant cells: A case report

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 399-401

  Salamanca, Javier ^a   Rodríguez Peralto, José Luis ^a   De La Torre, Juan Pablo García ^a   López Ríos, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Histiocyte; Mesenchymal neoplasm; Myofibroblast; Osteoclast; Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GIANT CELL; HAMARTOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PLEXIFORM FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIBROBLASTS; GIANT CELLS; HISTIOCYTES; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OSTEOCLASTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036785071     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200210000-00004     Document Type: Article

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