Primary cutaneous carcinosarcoma: Case report with expanded immunohistochemical analysis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 496-501

  Brasanac, Dimitrije ^a   Boricic, Ivan ^a   Todorovic, Vera ^a   Tomanovic, Nada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SIZE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL IMAGING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MESENCHYMOMA; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NOSE; NUCLEOLUS; SALIVARY GLAND; SKIN CANCER; SKIN NODULE; SPINDLE CELL; UPPER LIP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; FEMALE; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 42449137024     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03427.x     Document Type: Article

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