Alopecia neoplastica due to metastatic breast carcinoma vs. extramammary Paget's disease: Mimicry in epidermotropic carcinoma

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 708-710

  Haas, Norb ^a   Hauptmann, St ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; MUC1; Mucin genes; Scalp metastasis; Sweat gland neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MUCIN 1;

AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MASTECTOMY; PAGET SKIN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP TUMOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN METASTASIS; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY; PAGET'S DISEASE, EXTRAMAMMARY; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7244247267     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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