Glomus coccygeum: Report of a case and review of the literature

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-499

  Rahemtullah, Aliyah ^a   Szyfelbein, Katherine ^b   Zembowicz, Arthur ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccygeal region; Glomus coccygeum; Glomus tumor; Pilonidal cyst

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CHROMOGRANIN; DESMIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOPLASM; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIOID CELL; GLOMUS COCCYGEUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THERMOREGULATION; BACK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLOMUS TUMOR; METABOLISM; MUSCLE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR;

EID: 33644829273     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000149079.70872.a7     Document Type: Article

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