Telangiectatic metastatic breast carcinoma in face and scalp mimicking cutaneous angiosarcoma [3]

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 635-636

  Dobson, Christopher M ^a   Tagore, Veena ^b   Myint, Arthur Sun ^c   Memon, Aamir ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Southport General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c CLATTERBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE COURSE; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR; TELANGIECTASIA; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037382772     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.256     Document Type: Letter

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