Primary cutaneous myxofibrosarcoma mimicking Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor (PHAT): A potential diagnostic pitfall

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 322-326

  Mitsuhashi, Takako ^a   Barr, Ronald J ^a,b   Machtinger, Lawrence A ^b   Cassarino, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Myxofibrosarcoma; Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FIBROSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS; PLEOMORPHIC HYALINIZING ANGIECTATIC TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN MYXOFIBROSARCOMA; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24144442687     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000171605.48186.31     Document Type: Article

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