Atypical glomus tumor in the mediastinum: A case report with immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 451-456

  Hirose, Takanori ^a   Hasegawa, Tadashi ^a   Seki, Kunihiko ^a   Yang, Peng ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^a   Morizumi, Hiroshi ^b   Tsuyuguchi, Masaru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Glomangiosarcoma; Glomus tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Mediastinum; Muscle type actin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029758678     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129609016348     Document Type: Article

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