Malignant granular cell tumor: Report of a case and review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 507-513

  Sonobe, Hiroshi ^a   Iwata, Jun ^a   Furihata, Mutsuo ^a   Moriki, Toshiaki ^b   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Malignant granular cell tumor; Schwannian differentiation; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYCLINE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BONE METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE TUMOR; PROTO ONCOGENE; RADIAL NERVE; SCHWANN CELL; SKULL; TIME;

EID: 0031874410     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(98)80119-2     Document Type: Article

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