Primary pleural epithelioid haemangioendothelioma with metastases to the skin. A case report and literature review

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-109

  Al Shraim, M ^a   Mahboub, B ^a   Neligan, P C ^a   Chamberlain, D ^a   Ghazarian, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIOID CELL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SKIN METASTASIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 11244261219     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.018937     Document Type: Article

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