Myofibroblastic tumor of soft tissue displaying desmin-positive and actin-negative immunophenotypes

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 696-703

  Yang, Peng ^a   Hirose, Takanori ^a   Seki, Kunihiko ^a   Hasegawa, Tadashi ^a   Hizawa, Kazuo ^a   Sano, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

desmin; electron microscopy; immunohistochemistry; myofibroblastic tumor; myofibroblastoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; MYOSIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

EID: 0029761264     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03674.x     Document Type: Article

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