Cutaneous myoepithelial neoplasms: Clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 20 cases suggesting a continuous spectrum ranging from benign mixed tumor of the skin to cutaneous myoepithelioma and myoepithelial carcinoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 294-302

  Mentzel, Thomas ^a   Requena, Luis ^b   Kaddu, Steven ^c   Soares De Aleida, Luis M ^d   Sangueza, Omar P ^e   Kutzner, Heinz ^a  

^a Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^e WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALPONIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; MYOEPITHELIOMA; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN TUMOR; SYRINGOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED TUMOR, MALIGNANT; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038021221     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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