Angiomatoid 'malignant' fibrous histiocytoma: A clinicopathologic study of 158 cases and further exploration of the myoid phenotype

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1336-1343

  Fanburg Smith, J C ^a   Miettinen, M ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomatoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Desmin; Fibroblastic reticulum cell sarcoma; Follow up; Lymphoid tissue; Myofibroblastic; Myoid; Round cell morphology

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; SPINDLE CELL;

EID: 0032739498     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90065-5     Document Type: Article

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