Acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcomas: Are they all low-grade neoplasms?

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-191

  Hassanein, Ashraf M ^a,b   Atkinson, Steven P ^a   Al Quran, Samer Z ^a   Jain, Sima M ^a   Reith, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Florida Dermatologic Surgery and Aesthetics Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CD15 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD63 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; HYALIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; PROTEIN HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ACRAL MYXOINFLAMMATORY FIBROBLASTIC SARCOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; GANGLION CYST; HAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNEE AMPUTATION; MALE; METASTASIS; RARE DISEASE; SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37849035159     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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