Primary leiomyosarcomas of the lung: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 18 cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Moran, Cesar A ^a   Suster, Saul ^b   Abbondanzo, Susan L ^a   Koss, Michael N ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

endobronchial lesions; immunohistochemistry; leiomyosarcoma; lung tumors; pulmonary sarcomas

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; KERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG SARCOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031046501     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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