Eosinophilic globules in 3 cases of glomeruloid hemangioma of the head and neck: A characteristic offering more evidence for thanatosomes with or without POEMS

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 539-544

  Lee, Hwajeong ^a   Meier, Frederick A ^a   Ma, Chan K ^a   Ormsby, Adrian H ^a   Lee, Min W ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Glomeruloid hemangioma; Papillary hemangioma; POEMS syndrome; Thanatosome

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYSOSOME; MALE; POEMS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CELL INCLUSION; EOSINOPHIL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, CD34; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; LYSOSOMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; POEMS SYNDROME; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 59849122130     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318182c800     Document Type: Article

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