Giant cell fibroblastoma: an update and addition of 86 new cases from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, in honor of Dr. Franz M. Enzinger

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Jha, Prakash ^a   Moosavi, Christopher ^a   Fanburg Smith, Julie C ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Dr Enzinger; Giant cell fibroblastoma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; DESMIN; KERATIN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DERMIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; GIANT CELL FIBROBLASTOMA; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS RATE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLID TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMORS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PORTRAITS; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33847353687     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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