Muir-Torre syndrome: Role of the dermatopathologist in diagnosis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-221

  Curry, Mary L ^a   Eng, William ^a   Lund, Karen ^a   Paek, Donald ^a   Cockerell, Clay J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic sebaceous tumor; Dermatopathology; Muir Torre syndrome; Sebaceous lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLONOSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUIR TORRE SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND TUMOR; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, SEBACEOUS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DERMATOLOGY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; SEBACEOUS GLAND NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 2442676379     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200406000-00009     Document Type: Article

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