Sarcomatoid eccrine porocarcinoma: Report of two cases and a review of the literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-60

  Goh, Seng Geok Nicholas ^a   Dayrit, Johannes F ^a   Calonje, Eduardo ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG ULCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SARCOMATOID ECCRINE POROCARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL; STAINING; SWEAT GLAND CARCINOMA; THORAX WALL TUMOR; ULCER;

ACROSPIROMA, ECCRINE; ACTINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LEG; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SARCOMA; STAINING AND LABELING; SWEAT GLAND NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 33846046012     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00556.x     Document Type: Review

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