Histopathological evolution of a cutaneous myxofibrosarcoma

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-172

  Kwong, Rhonda A ^a   Kossard, Steven ^a  

^a SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Granuloma annulare; Panniculitis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CUTANEOUS MYXOFIBROSARCOMA; DERMIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB; METASTASIS; MUCINOSIS; NECROBIOSIS LIPOIDICA; PANNICULITIS; PARESTHESIA; SKIN CANCER; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 47349110677     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2008.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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