Atypical fibroxanthoma of the external ear in a cardiac transplant recipient: Case report and the causal role of the immunosuppressive therapy

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 260-263

  Ferri, Emanuele ^a   Iaderosa, Gaetano Antonio ^a   Armato, Enrico ^a  

^a Hospital of Dolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical tumours of the head and neck; Fibroxanthoma; Skin cancers; Transplant recipient patient

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKERATIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EAR TUMOR; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; FIBROXANTHOMA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; SKIN CANCER; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; CYCLOSPORINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR NEOPLASMS; EAR, EXTERNAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 41549106195     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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