'Proximal-type' epithelioid sarcoma, a distinctive aggressive neoplasm showing rhabdoid features: Clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of a series

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-146

  Guillou, Louis ^a   Wadden, Catherine ^b   Coindre, Jean Michel ^c   Krausz, Thomas ^d   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Epithelioid sarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Rhabdoid tumor; Soft tissue carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; RHABDOID TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOID TUMOR; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031059732     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199702000-00002     Document Type: Article

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