Malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumour of the scalp. Report of a case and a short review of the literature

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-182

  Filippou, Dimitrios K ^a   Filippou, Georgios ^a   Trigka, Argiro ^a   Condilis, Nicolas ^a   Kiparidou, Elissavet ^b   Skandalakis, Panayiotis ^c   Rizos, Spiros ^a  

^a Piraeus GP Hospital Tzaneio   (Greece)

^b Agii Anargiri Anticancer Hospital   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumour; Skin tumours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCALP; SKIN TUMOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, BASAL CELL; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049181533     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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