Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the thyroid. Clinicopathological analysis of seven cases from non-Alpine areas

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 429, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 131-137

  Maiorana, Antonio ^a   Collina, Guido ^a   Cesinaro, Anna Maria ^a   Fano, Rita Adriana ^a   Eusebi, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Thyroid; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; KERATIN; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029868749     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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