A "high-risk" epithelioid hemangioendothelioma presenting as a solitary, ulcerated, subcutaneous tumor

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Hristov, Alexandra C ^a   Wisell, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; High risk epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Ulcerative skin nodule

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; THIGH; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOTIC INDEX; NECROSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 82455187886     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31821cb3ad     Document Type: Article

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