Cutaneous fibrohistiocytic tumours - An update

Histopathology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 148-165

  Luzar, Boštjan ^a   Calonje, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical fibroxanthoma; Fibrohistiocytic tumours; Fibrous histiocytoma variants; Metastasizing fibrous histiocytoma; Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumour; Update

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSMAL BENIGN FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; ANGIOMATOID FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; ATYPICAL FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; ATYPICAL FIBROXANTHOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR BENIGN FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID BENIGN FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; FIBROBLAST; FIBROHISTIOCYTOMA; FIBROXANTHOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME CELL; METASTASIZING FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; PLEXIFORM FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73449087659     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03447.x     Document Type: Review

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