Myxofibrosarcoma (myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma) showing cutaneous presentation: Report of two cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 512-515

  Fujimura, Taku ^a   Okuyama, Ryuhei ^a   Terui, Tadashi ^a   Okuno, Kousei ^a   Masu, Akiko ^a   Masu, Takashi ^a   Chiba, Shuko ^a   Kunii, Takahide ^a   Tagami, Hachiro ^a   Aiba, Setsuya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIBROMYXOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUCINS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 22844444175     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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