Sporadic sclerotic fibroma of the oral soft tissues

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-187

  Alawi, Faizan ^a,c   Freedman, Paul D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowden syndrome; Differential diagnosis; Oral mucosa; Sclerotic fibroma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COWDEN SYNDROME; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOWER LIP; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUTH TUMOR; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCLEROTIC FIBROMA; SKIN NODULE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; STELLATE CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FACTOR XIIIA; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SCLEROSIS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 2442675162     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200406000-00002     Document Type: Article

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