Signet ring cell angiosarcoma: A hitherto unreported pitfall in the diagnosis of epithelioid cutaneous malignancies

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 671-675

  Salviato, Tiziana ^a   Bacchi, Carlos E ^b   Luzar, Boštjan ^c   Falconieri, Giovanni ^d  

^a S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Consultoria em Patologia ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

epithelioid angiosarcoma; immunohistochemistry; skin tumors

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PODOPLANIN; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CUTANEOUS EPITHELIOID ANGIOSARCOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SKIN DEFECT; WEIBEL PALADE BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84881024468     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182892261     Document Type: Article

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