Amyloid tumours in the soft tissues of the legs. Case report and review of the literature

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 432, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 563-566

  Sidoni, Angelo ^a,c   Alberti, Paolo Francesco ^a   Bravi, Stefano ^b   Bucciarelli, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Citta' di Castello Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyloid protein AA; Amyloidoma; Amyloidosis; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG DISEASE; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031834740     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050206     Document Type: Article

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