Multiple desmoplastic cellular neurothekeomas localized to the face of a 16-year-old boy

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 509-513

  García Gutiérrez, Monica ^a   Toussaint Caire, Sonia ^b   González Sánchez, Pablo ^c   Ortiz Hidalgo, Carlos ^a,d  

^a AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^c Department of Dermatology Medica la Piedad ^*  (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; multiple neurothekeomas

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CALCYCLIN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD63 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIOID CELL; EXCISION; FACE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE DESMOPLASTIC CELLULAR NEUROTHEKEOMA; NEUROTHEKEOMA; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCLEROSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; SPINDLE CELL; BIOPSY; DERMIS; FACE TUMOR; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; SCLERODERMA; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; DERMIS; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEUROTHEKEOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SKIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650502449     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181c98f89     Document Type: Article

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