Squamous cell carcinoma with clear cells: How often is there evidence of tricholemmal differentiation?

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-339

  Dalton, Maj Scott R ^a   Leboit, Philip E ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CD34; CK17; Clear cell carcinoma; Cutaneous; Glycogen; NGFR p75; Outer root sheath; PAS; Tricholemmal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GLYCOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRICHOLEMMAL KERATINIZATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INCLUSION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SWEAT GLAND TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, ADNEXAL AND SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51149088595     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31816c3fa4     Document Type: Article

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