Nodular fasciitis of the vulva with an unusually long clinical history; the importance of making this unexpected diagnosis in such an unusual site

Histopathology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-550

  Biedrzycki, O J ^a   Singh, N ^a   Faruqi, A ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TISSUE CULTURE; VULVA DISEASE;

ACTINS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; VIMENTIN; VULVAR DISEASES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548740196     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02769.x     Document Type: Article

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