Unusual cutaneous Langerhans cell sarcoma without extracutaneous involvement

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Li, Yang ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Tian, Xiao ying ^b   Li, Zhi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cutaneous involvement; Differential diagnosis; Langerhans cell sarcoma (LCS); Langerhans cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; TUMOR MARKER; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL SARCOMA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL SARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDNISONE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VINCRISTINE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873267204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-8-20     Document Type: Article

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