Cutaneous sarcomatoid carcinoma with features of giant cell tumor of soft parts-A case report

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-397

  Feng, Bo ^a,b   Rowe, Lee ^a,b   Zhang, Paul J ^a,b   Khurana, Jasvir Singh ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multinucleated giant cells; Sarcomatoid carcinoma; Skin

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; PODOPLANIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NECROSIS; NOSE; OSTEOCLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SARCOMATOID CARCINOMA; SKIN CARCINOMA; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; CARCINOMA; METABOLISM; NOSE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NOSE NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51149109174     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181716e95     Document Type: Article

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