Cutaneous mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor: A potential mimic of soft tissue neoplasms

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Yeh, Iwei ^a   George, Evan ^b   Jokinen, Chris H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Duluth Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

immunocompromised; mycobacterial; spindle cell pseudotumor

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ETANERCEPT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CUTANEOUS MYCOBACTERIAL SPINDLE CELL PSEUDOTUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FOREARM; HEART INFARCTION; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIUM; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; SPOROTRICHOID NODULE; STAINING; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PREDNISONE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; SARCOMA; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN DISEASES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79961210484     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182120ae3     Document Type: Article

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