Spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma (so-called) in adults: Report of two cases with emphasis on differential diagnosis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 459-464

  Rubin, Brian P ^a   Hasserjian, Robert P ^a   Singer, Samuel ^a   Janecka, Ivo ^a   Fletcher, Jonathan A ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Sarcoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ACTINS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAPHRAGM; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MYOGLOBIN; MYOSINS; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031980570     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199804000-00011     Document Type: Article

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