Melanocytic matricoma: A report of two cases of a new entity

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 344-349

  Carlson, J Andrew ^a   Healy, Kara ^a   Slominski, Andrzej ^a   Mihm Jr , Martin C ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular bulb; Matricoma; Melanization; Tumor colonization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC MATRICOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; NEOPLASMS, ADNEXAL AND SKIN APPENDAGE; PILOMATRIXOMA; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345436056     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199908000-00006     Document Type: Article

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