Metastasizing "benign" cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma: A clinicopathologic analysis of 16 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 484-495

  Doyle, Leona A ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

dermatofibroma; fibrous histiocytoma; metastasis; sarcoma; soft tissue; tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOFIBROMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RARE DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RARE DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875209180     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31827070d4     Document Type: Article

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