Case report and literature review: Primary cutaneous carcinosarcoma

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-194

  Ram, Ramin ^a   Saadat, Payam ^a   Peng, David ^a   Vadmal, Manjunath ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Skin; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CALCIFICATION; CARCINOSARCOMA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MESENCHYME CELL; METAPLASIA; OSTEOID; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS CARCINOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18744405112     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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