Diffuse dermal angiomatosis: A previously undescribed pattern of immunoglobulin and complement deposits in two cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-154

  Quatresooz, Pascale ^a,c   Fumal, Isabelle ^b   Willemaers, Valentine ^b   Cornil, France ^b   Piérard, Gérald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Department of Dermatology   (Belgium)

^c CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Diffuse dermal angiomatosis; Immunoglobulin; Immunohistochemistry; Reactive angioendotheliomatosis; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN ULCER;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANGIOMATOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BREAST DISEASES; COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DERMIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 33747669532     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000181110.31662.ef     Document Type: Article

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