Basal cell carcinoma with matrical differentiation in a transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 445-448

  Ali, Faizi ^a   Brown, Allison ^a   Gottwald, Lorie ^a   Thomas, Jean ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOMATRIXOMA; REVIEW; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN NODULE; STAINING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TUMOR GROWTH;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAIR DISEASES; HAND; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOMATRIXOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 20744447600     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00349.x     Document Type: Review

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