Leiomyosarcoma of the heart and its pulmonary metastasis, both with prominent osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells expressing tartrate- resistant acid phosphatase activity

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-78

  Katoh, Masahiro ^a   Shigematsu, Hidekazu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme histochemistry; Giant cell variant of malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Heart; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyosarcoma; Osteoclast like multinucleated giant cells; Pulmonary metastasis; Sarcoma; Tartrate resistant acid phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CD68 ANTIGEN; TARTARIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GIANT CELL; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ACTINS; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; FATAL OUTCOME; GIANT CELLS; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OSTEOCLASTS;

EID: 0032597950     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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