Lipomatous hemangiopericytoma: A rare variant of hemangiopericytoma that may be confused with liposarcoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1201-1207

  Folpe, Andrew L ^a   Devaney, Kenneth ^b   Weiss, Sharon W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

CD 34; Hemangiopericytoma; Spindle cell lipoma; Well differentiated liposarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; PERICYTE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032828971     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199910000-00004     Document Type: Article

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