Atypical cellular unguioblastic fibroma - A rare case with more atypical histological features than previously reported

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-391

  Petersson, Fredrik ^a   Tang, Aymeric Lim Yu ^a   Jin, Andre Cheah Eu ^a   Barr, Ronald J ^b   Lee, Victor K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b Laguna Pathology Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical; Immunohistochemistry; Onychomatricoma; Unguioblastic fibroma; Unguioblastoma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; K RAS PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL CELLULAR UNGUIOBLASTIC FIBROMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; FIBROMA; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952927712     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181c03402     Document Type: Article

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