Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor of skin

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 342-345

  Liou, Jia Hung ^a   Huang, Pong Yu ^a   Hung, Chien Ching ^a   Hsiao, Cheng Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AIDS related opportunistic infection; Mycobacteria, atypical; Review; Skin diseases, bacterial

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPH NODE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PATHOLOGIST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOTUMOR; SKIN NODULE; SKIN TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; STAINING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0141427899     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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