Cellular neurothekeoma with a plexiform morphology: A case report with a discussion of the plexiform lesions of the skin

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-269

  Alkhalidi, Hisham ^a   Ghazarian, Danny ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; GELATINASE A; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DERMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROTHEKEOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ANTIGENS, CD; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; NEUROFIBROMA, PLEXIFORM; NEUROTHEKEOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846896627     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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