Primary desmoplastic cutaneous leiomyosarcoma associated with high MIB-1 labeling index: A teaching case giving rise to diagnostic difficulties on a small biopsy specimen

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 207, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 728-732

  Yamada, Sohsuke ^a   Guo, Xin ^a   Yoshizawa, Mayuko ^a   Li, Zhi ^a   Matsuyama, Atsuji ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Sasaguri, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma; Desmoplastic variant; MIB 1; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALDESMON; DESMIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPLASM; DERMIS; DESMOPLASTIC CUTANEOUS LEIOMYOSARCOMA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; FIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE; LABELING INDEX; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPINDLE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 82755197120     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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