High-grade extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma: A high-grade epithelioid malignancy

Histopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-208

  Lucas, D R ^a,c   Fletcher, C D M ^b   Adsay, N V ^a   Zalupski, M M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Pathology; Sarcoma; Soft tissue neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHONDROSARCOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032867622     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1999.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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