Plexiform epithelioid schwannoma: A case report

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-58

  Gao, Zhenqiang ^a   Palleschi, Susan M ^a   Chen, Sheng ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign epithelioid peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Plexiform epithelioid schwannoma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MELAN A; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PLEXIFORM EPITHELIOID SCHWANNOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; ULTRASOUND;

BREAST; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846885411     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000211519.72681.1e     Document Type: Article

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