Angiosarcoma of soft tissue: A study of 80 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 683-697

  Meis Kindblom, Jeanne M ^a   Kindblom, Lars Gunnar ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Prognosis; Soft tissue; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; LAMININ; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 0031841859     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199806000-00005     Document Type: Article

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