Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma on the external ear: A case report

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-269

  Ragsdale, Bruce D ^a   Lee, Jessica P ^b,d   Mines, Jill ^c  

^a Western Dermatopathology Services   (United States)

^b Central Coast Pathology Consultants   (United States)

^c Affiliated Dermatologists Inc   (United States)

^d Central Coast Pathology Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DESMIN; VINCRISTINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; EAR CANCER; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; EAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58649111518     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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