Deep "benign" fibrous histiocytoma: Clinicopathologic analysis of 69 cases of a rare tumor indicating occasional metastatic potential

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-362

  Gleason, Briana C ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign fibrous histiocytoma; Deep; Dermatofibroma; Soft tissue; Subcutaneous

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; CHILD; DESMIN; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40849118464     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31813c6b85     Document Type: Article

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