Carcinoma cuniculatum: A distinctive variant of penile squamous cell carcinoma - Report of 7 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-75

  Barreto, José E ^a   Velazquez, Elsa F ^b   Ayala, Enrique ^a   Torres, José ^a   Cubilla, Antonio L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cuniculatum; Penile; Squamous cell; Verrucous

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; FASCIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL REGION; INVAGINATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PENIS AMPUTATION; PENIS CANCER; PENIS GLANS; PREPUCE; SKIN PENETRATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845936779     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213401.72569.22     Document Type: Article

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