Desmoplastic tricholemmoma of the eyelid misdiagnosed as sebaceous carcinoma: A potential diagnostic pitfall

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 22-25

  Cabral, Erik S ^a   Cassarino, David S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; DESMOPLASTIC TRICHOLEMMOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; EYELID TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; SEBACEOUS CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, SEBACEOUS; ANTIGENS, CD34; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYELID NEOPLASMS; GLYCOGEN; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 36048949564     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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