Cellular digital fibromas: Distinctive CD34-positive lesions that may mimic dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 413-418

  McNiff, Jennifer M ^a   Subtil, Antonio ^a   Cowper, Shawn E ^a   Lazova, Rossitza ^a   Glusac, Earl J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CD34 ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY; SPINDLE CELL; STAINING; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 20744449948     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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