Primary cutaneous PEComa: Distinctive clear cell lesions of skin

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 608-614

  Liegl, Bernadette ^a,b   Hornick, Jason L ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

PEComa; Skin; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; CALPONIN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KERATIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS RATE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; DERMIS; DESMIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 41449109283     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31815604ab     Document Type: Article

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