Malignant glomus tumor: A case report and review of literature, focusing on its clinicopathologic features and immunohistochemical profile

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 428-431

  Khoury, Thaer ^a   Balos, Lucia ^a   McGrath, Brian ^a   Wong, Michael K K ^a   Cheney, Richard T ^a   Tan, Dongfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous neoplasms; Immunohistocheinistry (IHC); Malignant glomus tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMUS TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALIGNANT GLOMUS TUMOR; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE; THENAR; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME; ULNAR ARTERY;

ADENOMA, SWEAT GLAND; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 25644458323     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000148281.96494.d4     Document Type: Article

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