Primary synovial sarcoma of the lung: Report of two cases confirmed by molecular detection of SYT-SSX fusion gene transcripts

Histopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-210

  Hisaoka, M ^a   Hashimoto, H ^a   Iwamasa, T ^a   Ishikawa, K ^b   Aoki, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization Okinawa National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene; Lung; RT PCR; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; LUNG SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINDLE CELL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0005018831     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1999.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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