The squamous variant of eccrine porocarcinoma: A clinicopathological study of 21 cases

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-365

  Mahomed, F ^a,c   Blok, J ^b   Grayson, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECCRINE POROCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY GRAFT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; SUN; SWEAT GLAND CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION;

ACROSPIROMA, ECCRINE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SWEAT GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40449117592     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.049213     Document Type: Article

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