An unusual case of granulomatous slack skin disease with necrobiosis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 462-465

  Benton, Emma Clare ^a   Morris, Stephen L ^a   Robson, Alistair ^a   Whittaker, Sean J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Granulomatous slack skin; Necrobiosis

Indexed keywords

CD45RO ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; PTPRC PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; EPIDERMIS; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRANULOMATOUS SLACK SKIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NECROBIOTIC DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEROLOGY; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRANULOMA; BIOPSY; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIGENS, CD45; BIOPSY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROBIOTIC DISORDERS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 58149314107     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181731dfc     Document Type: Article

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