[Extra-abdominal desmoid tumor. Microscopic aspects and histogenesis].

Article

[Extra-abdominal desmoid tumor. Microscopic aspects and histogenesis].

Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 1 Jan 1993

Salloum H, Kanitakis J, Chouvet B, Grimand P, Claudy A

Abstract excerpt

Extra-abdominal desmoid is an unusual and underreported tumour in dermatological literature. We report a new case of such a lesion which was subjected to light, electron-microscopic and immunohistochemical studies. The results showed that proliferating cells exhibit features of myofibroblasts, bo...

Topics

Female
Desmoid Tumors
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Microscopy, Electron
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Soft Tissue Neoplasms

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