Primary signet-ring cell/histiocytoid carcinoma of the eyelid: A clinicopathologic study of 5 cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 378-391

  Requena, Luis ^a   Prieto, Victor G ^b   Requena, Celia ^c   Sarasa, José Luis ^d   Manzano, Rosa ^e   Seco, Miguel ^f   Rütten, Arno ^g   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^h   Cerroni, Lorenzo ⁱ   Kutzner, Heinz ^g  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d La Mancha Centro General Hospital   (Spain)

^e Hospital Nuestra Senora de Covadonga   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^h CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

E cadherin; EGFR; eyelid carcinoma; histiocytoid cells; immunohistochemistry; mammaglobin; metastatic lobular breast carcinoma; MUC 1; MUC 2; p63; Signet ring cells

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; CASE REPORT; EYELID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; EYELID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953064193     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318209cac7     Document Type: Article

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