Proliferating pilar tumors: A clinicopathologic study of 76 cases with a proposal for definition of benign and malignant variants

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 566-574

  Ye, Jay ^a   Nappi, Oscar ^b   Swanson, Paul E ^c   Patterson, James W ^d   Wick, Mark R ^d,e  

^a Dahl Chase Pathology Associates   (United States)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pilar carcinoma; Pilar neoplasms; Proliferating pilar tumor; Proliferating trichilemmal cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PILAR CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATING PILAR TUMOR; PROLIFERATING TRICHILEMMAL CYST; TRICHILEMMOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 4644263743     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/0XLEGFQ64XYJU4G6     Document Type: Article

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