Rhabdomyosarcoma of the skin resembling carcinosarcoma: Report of a case and literature review

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Scatena, Cristian ^a,c   Massi, Daniela ^a   Franchi, Alessandro ^a   De Paoli, Antonino ^b   Canzonieri, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

carcinosarcoma; immunohistochemistry; rhabdomyosarcoma; skin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DESMIN; EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MYOGENIN; MYOGLOBIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISTANT METASTASIS; ELASTOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SKIN SWELLING; SPINDLE CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CARCINOSARCOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856156983     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31822381fas     Document Type: Review

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