Calcification and ossification in eccrine mixed tumors: Underrecognized feature and diagnostic pitfall

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 772-777

  Tirumalae, Rajalakshmi ^a   Böer, Almut ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b DERMATOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcification; Chondroid; Cutaneous mixed tumor; Eccrine; Ossification

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED TUMOR; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STROMA; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SWEAT GLAND TUMOR;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; ECCRINE GLANDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, ADNEXAL AND SKIN APPENDAGE; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 74349101493     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181b27745     Document Type: Article

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