Peritoneal mesothelioma presenting as a skin nodule

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 675-679

  Abban, Cynthia ^a   Viglione, Michael ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Lake Forest Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN NODULE;

AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ASBESTOS; CICATRIX; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65949114258     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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