Cutaneous granular cell tumor with epidermal involvement: A potential mimic of melanocytic neoplasia

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-194

  Ray, Sourav ^a   Jukic, Drazen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; GENE PRODUCT; INHIBIN; MELAN A; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LENTIGINOSIS; MELANOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846430056     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00598.x     Document Type: Review

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