Myoepithelial tumours of skin and soft tissue: an update

Diagnostic Histopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 552-562

  Gleason, Briana C ^a,b   Hornick, Jason L ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chondroid syringoma; myoepithelial carcinoma; myoepithelioma; sarcoma; skin neoplasms; soft tissue neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ARTICLE; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; OSSIFYING FIBROMA; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; ULTRASOUND; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 54249106253     PISSN: 17562317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpdhp.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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