Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans at the site of a central venous line: Case report

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-64

  Bukhari, Iqbal ^a   Al Akloby, Omar ^a   Bedaiwi, Yousef ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELTOPECTORAL FLAP; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SPINDLE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYMPTOM;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 14244259596     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200506010-00007     Document Type: Article

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