Intimal-type primary sarcoma of the aorta. Report of a case with evidence of rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-66

  Miracco, Clelia ^a   Laurini, Lorella ^b   Santopietro, Rosa ^b   De Santi, Maria Margherita ^b   Sassi, Carlo ^b   Neri, Eugenio ^b   Pepi, Fiorella ^b   Luzi, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aorta; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA INTIMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032790426     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050396     Document Type: Article

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