Immunohistochemical distinction of cutaneous spindle cell carcinoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-232

  Morgan, Michael B ^a,b   Purohit, Chetna ^a   Anglin, Tiffany R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

CK903; Cutaneous spindle cell squamous carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Keratins

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CK 34 BETA E12; CK-34 BETA E12; KERATIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROXANTHOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; CHEMISTRY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; KERATINOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 45849108340     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31816de820     Document Type: Article

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