Dermatofibroma - A critical evaluation

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-344

  Zelger, Bernhard ^a   Zelger, Bettina Gudrun ^b   Burgdorf, Walter H C ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular neurothekeoma; Dermatofibroma; Fibrous histiocytoma; Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma; Plaque like dermal fibromatosis

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FIBROXANTHOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MYXOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 7744220815     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690401200406     Document Type: Review

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