Merkel cell-poor trichoblastoma with basal cell carcinoma-like foci

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Misago, Noriyuki ^a   Satoh, Toshimi ^b   Miura, Yoshihiro ^a   Nagase, Kohtarou ^a   Narisawa, Yutaka ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Cytokeratin 15; Follicular germinative cells; Merkel cells; Trichoblastoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 15; CYTOKERATIN 20; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MERKEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN FIBROSIS; TRICHOBLASTOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-15; MALE; MERKEL CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34249109711     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31803335a2     Document Type: Article

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