Malignant cutaneous glomus tumor presenting as a rapidly growing leg mass in a pregnant woman

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 765-769

  Cibull, Thomas L ^a   Gleason, Briana C ^a   O'Malley, Dennis P ^b   Billings, Steven D ^c   Wiersema, Pieter ^d   Hiatt, Kim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US Labs   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Cytology Pathology Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DERMIS; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG; MITOSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SKIN TUMOR;

ACTINS; ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMANS; LEG; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149196844     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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