Cutaneous clear cell myomelanocytic tumour: A new member of the growing family of perivascular epithelioid cell tumours (PEComas). Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of seven cases

Histopathology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 498-504

  Mentzel, Thomas ^c   Reisshauer S ^a   Rutten A ^c   Hantschke, M ^c   Soares De Almeida, L M ^b   Kutzner, H ^c  

^a Gemeinschaftspraxis Pathologie   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutaneous mesenchymal neoplasms; Immunohistochemistry; Myomelanocytic neoplasms; PEComas; Perivascular epithelioid cell tumours; Soft tissue neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALPONIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS CLEAR CELL MYOMELANOCYTIC TUMOR; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIGAMENT; LUNG; MESENCHYMOMA; NUCLEOLUS; PANCREAS; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RARE DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; UTERUS; VULVA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADULT; AGED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE; LEG; MELANOCYTES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 16844385627     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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