Biphasic synovial sarcoma of the peritoneal cavity with t(X;18) demonstrated by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 637-641

  Kashima, Takeshi ^a   Matsushita, Hiroshi ^b   Kuroda, Masahiko ^a   Takeuchi, Haruko ^b   Udagawa, Harushi ^b   Ishida, Tsuyoshi ^a,c   Hara, Mitsuru ^b   Machinami, Rikuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosomal translocation; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Peritoneal cavity; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION X; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

EID: 0030819025     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04555.x     Document Type: Article

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