The pathology of extracranial scalp and skull masses in young children

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-43

  Cummings, T J ^a   George, T M ^a   Fuchs, H E ^a   McLendon, R E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracranial; Scalp; Skull; Young children

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMOID CYST; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MENINGIOMA; MENINGOCELE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; REVIEW; SCALP TUMOR; SKULL TUMOR; STAINING; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKULL; SKULL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0842313076     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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