Papillary intralymphatic angioendothelioma (PILA): A report of twelve cases of a distinctive vascular tumor with phenotypic features of lymphatic vessels

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1004-1010

  Fanburg Smith, Julie C ^a   Michal, Michal ^b   Partanen, Taina A ^c   Alitalo, Kari ^c   Miettinen, Markku ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dabska tumor; Histology; Malignant endovascular papillary angioendothelioma; Papillary intralymphatic angioendothelioma; Retiform hemangioendothelioma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; PAPILLARY INTRALYMPHATIC ANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; PHENOTYPE; SOFT TISSUE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032823030     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199909000-00002     Document Type: Article

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