A case of lobular capillary hemangioma (pyogenic granuloma), localized to the subcutaneous tissue, and a review of the literature

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 408-411

  Fortna, Ryan R ^a   Junkins Hopkins, Jacqueline M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Subcutaneous lobular capillary hemangioma; Subcutaneous pyogenic granuloma; Vascular tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXCISION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREARM INJURIES; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECURRENCE; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 34547673058     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31812f5342     Document Type: Article

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