Cutaneous spindle cell carcinoma following basal cell carcinoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-20

  Fukunaga, Masaharu ^a,b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Infiltrative growth; Metaplastic carcinoma; Sarcomatoid carcinoma; Skin; Spindle cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESMOSOME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TONOFILAMENT;

ACTINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 13244281942     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000144259.07862.6b     Document Type: Article

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