Vascular changes in Merkel cell carcinoma based on a histopathological study of 92 cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-111

  Vazmitel, Marina ^a   Michal, Michal ^b   Shelekhova, Ksenia V ^c   Sima, Radek ^b   Mukensnabl, Petr ^b   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS   (Belarus)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Azzopardi phenomenon; Epithelioid hemangioma; Human herpesvirus 8; Merkel cell carcinoma; Peliosis; Pericyte; Pyogenic granuloma

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AZZOPARDI PHENOMENON; BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENDRITIC CELL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIOID CELL HEMANGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PERICYTE; PERICYTE HYPERPLASIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41149147564     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318162eaa2     Document Type: Article

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