The expanding clinical spectrum of desmoplastic small round-cell tumor: A report of two cases with molecular confirmation

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 430-435

  Wolf, Angelique N ^b   Ladanyi, Marc ^b   Paull, Gerson ^b   Blaugrund, James E ^b   Westra, William H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Desmoplastic round small cell tumor; EWS WT1; Parotid; Sialoblastoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032893850     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90119-3     Document Type: Article

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