Parachordoma is immunohistochemically and cytogenetically distinct from axial chordoma and extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1059-1067

  Folpe, Andrew L ^a   Agoff, S Nicholas ^b   Willis, Joseph ^c   Weiss, Sharon W ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondroid syringoma; Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma; Cytogenetics; Immunohistochemistry; Parachordoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SYRINGOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032840786     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199909000-00008     Document Type: Article

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