Cutaneous Myoepithelioma: An Unusual Tumor in the Hand

Cutaneous myoepithelioma (CM) is a rare tumor among the primary skin neoplasms. We present the case of a patient with a diagnosis of CM in the right hypothenar region. Histological study showed a proliferation of myoepithelial cells with a solid, reticular growth pattern in a chondromyxoid stroma. T...

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Autores principales: Montalvo, Nelson, Redrobán, Ligia, Galarza, David, Ramírez, Iván
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3747013
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author Montalvo, Nelson
Redrobán, Ligia
Galarza, David
Ramírez, Iván
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description Cutaneous myoepithelioma (CM) is a rare tumor among the primary skin neoplasms. We present the case of a patient with a diagnosis of CM in the right hypothenar region. Histological study showed a proliferation of myoepithelial cells with a solid, reticular growth pattern in a chondromyxoid stroma. The tumor cells were positive for CK AE, S-100, EMA, and p63.
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spelling pubmed-73131692020-06-29 Cutaneous Myoepithelioma: An Unusual Tumor in the Hand Montalvo, Nelson Redrobán, Ligia Galarza, David Ramírez, Iván Case Rep Pathol Case Report Cutaneous myoepithelioma (CM) is a rare tumor among the primary skin neoplasms. We present the case of a patient with a diagnosis of CM in the right hypothenar region. Histological study showed a proliferation of myoepithelial cells with a solid, reticular growth pattern in a chondromyxoid stroma. The tumor cells were positive for CK AE, S-100, EMA, and p63. Hindawi 2020-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7313169/ /pubmed/32607268 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3747013 Text en Copyright © 2020 Nelson Montalvo et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Cutaneous Myoepithelioma: An Unusual Tumor in the Hand
title_sort cutaneous myoepithelioma: an unusual tumor in the hand
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3747013
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