Acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma: A low-grade tumor of the hands and feet

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 911-924

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

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Extremities; Fibroblast; Fibrosarcoma Inflammation; Ki67; Myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma; P53; Sarcoma; Tenosynovitis

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSARCOMA; FOOT; HAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OSTEOSARCOMA;

EID: 0031928503     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199808000-00001     Document Type: Article

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