Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: A histological and immunohistochemical study of 4 cases

Pathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 415-419

  Limaiem, Faten ^a,b   Chelly, I ^a   Bellil, S ^a   Mekni, A ^a   Nidhameddine, K ^a   Haouet, S ^a   Bellil, K ^a   Zitouna, M ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b NONE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma; Subcutaneous soft tissue

Indexed keywords

SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN; ACTIN; DESMIN; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIP; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; SHOULDER; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT REFUSAL; AGED; CHEMISTRY; FACE TUMOR; LIP TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ACTINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DESMIN; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SCROTUM; SHOULDER; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 44249115100     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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