Desmoplastic fibroblastoma: A case presenting as a protruding nodule in the dermis

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 70-73

  Takahara, Masakazu ^a   Ichikawa, Ryutaro ^a   Oda, Yoshinao ^a   Uchi, Hiroshi ^a   Takeuchi, Satoshi ^a   Moroi, Yoichi ^a   Kiryu, Hiromaro ^b   Furue, Masutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Institute for Dermatopathology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL SHAPE; DERMIS; DESMOPLASTIC FIBROBLASTOMA; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN ULCER; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; STELLATE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; FIBROMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THIGH;

EID: 50849105455     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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