Congenital infantile fibrosarcoma: A masquerader of ulcerated hemangioma

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 330-334

  Yan, Albert C ^a,e   Chamlin, Sarah L ^b   Liang, Marilyn G ^c   Hoffman, Benjamin ^d   Attiyeh, Edward F ^a   Chang, Benjamin ^a   Honig, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL INFANTILE FIBROSARCOMA; DISEASE COURSE; FIBROSARCOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROSARCOMA; HAND; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746899285     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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