Primary cutaneous Langerhans cell sarcoma without Birbeck granules: Indeterminate cell sarcoma?

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 849-854

  Deng, April ^a   Lee, Wendy ^b   Pfau, Richard ^b   Harrington, Allan ^c   Digiovani, John ^c   Prickett, Kyle A ^c   Dare, David M ^c   Petrali, John P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Anne Arundel Dermatology PA   (United States)

^c Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Associates   (United States)

^d US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; TUMOR CELL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD1; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LANGERHANS CELL SARCOMA; LANGERHANS CELLS; MALE; S100 PROTEINS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 49349089802     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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