Radiation-associated cutaneous atypical vascular lesions and angiosarcoma: Clinicopothologic analysis of 42 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 983-996

  Brenn, Thomas ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Atypical vascular lesion; Breast; Radiation; Skin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL REGION; LOWER LEG; RADIATION; SHOULDER; SKIN CANCER; THORAX WALL; VASCULAR LESION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22944449040     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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