Epidermotropic metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the lower female genital tract mimicking primary Bowen's carcinoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-222

  Bornkessel, Anja ^a   Weyers, Wolfgang ^b   Elsner, Peter ^a   Ziemer, Mirjana ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Center for Dermatopathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bowen's carcinoma; Cervix carcinoma; Epidermotropic; Metastasis; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOWEN DISEASE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33747693247     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200606000-00009     Document Type: Article

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