Cytokeratin expression in cutaneous adnexal neoplasms

• Grant number: 10/01609-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: May 01, 2010
• End date: April 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Pathological Anatomy and Clinical Pathology
• Principal Investigator: Gilles Landman
• Grantee: Gilles Landman
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Cutaneous adnexal tumors have a wide range of benign and malignant neoplasm that mimics normal skin adnexal structures. The importance in evaluating adnexal tumors differentiation with cytokeratins has been widely reported. However, very few did it in large series and systematically. We aim to evaluate and describe the expression of cytokeratins in this neoplasm. (AU)