Cutaneous clear-cell granular cell tumors: The histologic description of an unusual variant

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 397-404

  Zedek, Daniel C ^a   Murphy, Bettina A ^b   Shea, Christopher R ^c   Hitchcock, Michael G ^d,e   Reutter, Jason C ^f   White, Wain L ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b Global Pathology Laboratory Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d PLLC   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Greensboro Pathology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; LEUCINE; MELAN A; MUCIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; NERVE SHEATH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TUMOR; TISSUE SECTION;

ACANTHOMA; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247348593     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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