Cutaneous angiosarcoma masquerading as herpes zoster

Cutis

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-45

  Kast, Douglas R ^a   Sammons, Dawn ^b   Sarsama Nixon, Ramona M ^c   Geiss, David F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Downtown Dermatology   (United States)

^d Fairfield Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84866452731     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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