"Onycholemmal carcinoma." An unusual case with apocrine and sebaceous differentiation. Are these tumors a microcystic nail bed carcinoma?

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 549-552

  Perrin, Christophe ^a   Kettani, Sami ^b   Ambrosetti, Damien ^a   Apard, Thomas ^c   Raimbeau, Guy ^d   Michiels, Jean François ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre d'Anatomie Pathologique   (France)

^c Hôpital Privé Saint Martin   (France)

^d Centre de la Main d'Angers   (France)

Author keywords

adenosquamous carcinoma; malignant tricholemmal carcinoma; microcystic adnexal carcinoma; skin appendage neoplasm; subungual epidermoid inclusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; APOCRINE CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CLUBBING FINGERS; CYST; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MITOSIS; NAIL BED; ONYCHOLEMMAL CARCINOMA; ONYCHOLYSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS CARCINOMA; SKIN CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AMPUTATION; APOCRINE GLANDS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862902604     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31823fd8e4     Document Type: Article

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