Comparison of angiomyofibroblastoma and aggressive angiomyxoma in both sexes: Four cases composed of bimodal CD34 and factor XIIIa positive dendritic cell subsets

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 193, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 673-682

  Silverman, Jeffrey S ^a   Albukerk, Jak ^b   Tamsen, Ali ^b  

^a IHC (ASCP)   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggressive angiomyxoma; Androgen receptor; Angiomyofibroblastoma; CD34; Dendritic cell; Factor XIIIa; Fibrohistiocytic; Fibromyxoid

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYXOMA; PELVIS TUMOR; SCROTUM DISORDER; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA CELL; TUMOR CELL; VAGINA TUMOR;

EID: 0031405830     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(97)80026-X     Document Type: Article

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