Trichilemmal cyst with carcinoma in situ within an atypical fibroxanthoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 587-590

  Arsenovic, Nebojsa ^a   Sen, Soumadri ^b   Naik, Veena ^b   Reed, Malcolm ^a   Moreira, Ricardo ^c  

^a LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical fibroxanthoma; Carcinoma in situ; Trichilemmal cyst

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FIBROXANTHOMA; FOREHEAD; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINIZATION; KERATOSIS; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS CYST; SKIN NODULE; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA IN SITU; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 68949141460     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181a0d235     Document Type: Article

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