Vascular congenital dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: A new histological variant of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Tantcheva Poor, Iliana ^a   Marathovouniotis, Nicos ^b   Kutzner, Heinz ^c   Mentzel, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

childhood; congenital; dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; infancy; tumor; vascular

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KAPOSIFORM HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; MALE; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SKIN TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TISSUE SECTION; VASCULAR CONGENITAL DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ANTIGENS, CD34; CAPILLARIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861810442     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318234e704     Document Type: Article

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