A case of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the skin

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-61

  Inaloz, H S ^a,b   Ayyalaraju, R S ^a   Holt, P J A ^a   Laidler, P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atypical fibroxanthoma; Basal cell carcinoma; Primary cutaneous carcinosarcoma; Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the skin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CD68 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FIBROHISTIOCYTOMA; FIBROXANTHOMA; FOREARM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIXED TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOSARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037253623     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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