Desmoplastic spitz nevus: Report of a case and review of the literature

Pathologica

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-184

  Dhouib, R Sellami ^a   Sassi, S ^a   Jbeli, A ^b   Driss, M ^a   Mrad, K ^a   Abbes, I ^a   Romdhane, K Ben ^a  

^a SALAH AZAIEZ INSTITUTE   (Tunisia)

^b Zaghouan Hospital   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic; Epitheloid; Hyalinizing; Nevus; Spitz

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; HYALIN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOREARM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS; PAPULE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 54749141965     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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