Malignant granular cell tumor of soft tissue. Diagnostic criteria and clinicopathologic correlation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 779-794

  Fanburg Smith, Julie C ^a   Meis Kindblom, Jeanne M ^c   Fante, Rossella ^b   Kindblom, Lars Gunnar ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Malignant granular cell tumor; p53; Ploidy; Prognosis; Proliferation markers; Statistical analysis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PLOIDY; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOPLASM; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PLOIDIES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031870102     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199807000-00001     Document Type: Article

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