Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with EMA+ cells. Report of a case suggesting perineurial cell differentiation

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 198, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 767-774

  Zamecnik, Michal ^a   Michal, Michal ^a   Baumruk, Ludek ^b   Mukensnabl, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b General Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

(EMA); Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Epithelial membrane antigen; Perineurial cell differentiation; Perineurioma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; CANCER CELL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DESMOSOME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL REGION; PERINEURIUM; PINOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPINDLE CELL;

EID: 0036910203     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00334     Document Type: Review

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