Clear cell 'sugar' tumor (PEComa) of the skin: A case report

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 441-444

  De Saint Aubain Somerhausen, Nicolas ^a   Galdon, M Gomez ^a   Bouffioux, B ^b   Courtin, C ^b   Theunis, A ^a   Vogeleer, M N ^b   Myant, N ^c  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b Clinique Saint Pierre of Ottignies   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CALDESMON; CANCER ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; DESMIN; MELAN A; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; DERMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; SKIN TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR CELL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 20744451553     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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