Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the skin: A study of 18 cases with emphasis on its clinicopathologic spectrum and unusual morphologic features

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1334-1343

  Bacchi, Carlos E ^a   Silva, Tacio R ^a   Zambrano, Eduardo ^b   Plaza, José ^b   Suster, Saul ^b   Luzar, Bostjan ^c   Lamovec, Janez ^d   Pizzolitto, Stefano ^d   Falconieri, Giovanni ^e  

^a Consultoria em Patologia ^*  (Brazil)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^e SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

epithelioid angiosarcoma; immunohistochemistry; skin tumors

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956225142     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181ee4eaf     Document Type: Article

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