Vulvar acantholytic squamous carcinoma: A case report with immunohistochemical and molecular study

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-306

  Giordano, Giovanna ^a   D'Adda, Tiziana ^a   Merisio, Carla ^a   Gnetti, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acantholytic squamous carcinoma; Polymerase chain reaction p16 INK4a protein expression

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P16INK4A;

ACANTHOLYSIS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVAR SQUAMOUS ACANTHOLYTIC CARCINOMA; WART VIRUS;

ACANTHOLYSIS; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-14; KERATINS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIMENTIN; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21244469879     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000157919.43978.f3     Document Type: Article

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