Compound clear cell sarcoma misdiagnosed as a Spitz nevus

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 950-954

  Kiuru, Maija ^a,b   Hameed, Meera ^a   Busam, Klaus J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cutaneous neoplasm; dermatopathology; melanocytic lesions; S100; soft tissue tumors

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; EWSR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN S 100; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CUTANEOUS NEOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOCYTIC LESIONS; METABOLISM; NEVUS; ONSET AGE; S100; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CUTANEOUS NEOPLASM; DERMATOPATHOLOGY; MELANOCYTIC LESIONS; S100; SOFT TISSUE TUMORS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIOPSY; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885949319     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cup.12197     Document Type: Article

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