Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with osteoclastic giant-cell-like proliferation

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 930-933

  Emanuel, Patrick O ^a,b   Shim, Helen ^a   Phelps, Robert G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN P63;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS; OSTEOCLAST; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE; GIANT CELL TUMORS; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIP; MALE; OSTEOCLASTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 36248941992     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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