Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: Clinicopathological analysis of 36 cases

Histopathology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-262

  Massi, Daniela ^a   Franchi, Alessandro ^a   Alos, Llucia ^b   Cook, Martin ^c   Di Palma, Silvana ^c   Enguita, Ana B ^d   Ferrara, Gerardo ^e   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^f   Mentzel, Thomas ^g   Michal, Michal ^f   Panelos, John ^h   Rodriguez Peralto, José L ^d   Santucci, Marco ^a   Tragni, Gabrina ⁱ   Zioga, Aikaterini ^h   Tos, Angelo Paolo Dei ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^g Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j TREVISO REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyosarcoma; Skin; Smooth muscle differentiation; Soft tissue tumours

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALDESMON; DESMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 73449115700     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03471.x     Document Type: Article

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