Well Differentiated Adult-type Fibrosarcoma Arising from the Occipital Subcutaneous Tissue in a 17-Year-old Man: Case Report with Immunohistochemical Study

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 511-516

  Nakayama, Hirofumi ^a   Kamiji, Ippei ^a   Naruse, Keishi ^a   Miyazaki, Eriko ^a   Hiroi, Makoto ^a   Kiyoku, Hiroshi ^a   Kitamura, Muneo ^a   Enzan, Hideaki ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibrosarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Spindle cell neoplasms; Subcutaneous tissue

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, CD34; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; COLLAGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0032137299     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/28.8.511     Document Type: Article

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