Angiomyofibroblastoma and aggressive angiomyxoma: Two benign mesenchymal neoplasms of the female genital tract. An immunohistochemical study

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Bigotti, Giulio ^a   Coli, Antonella ^a   Gasbarri, Alessandra ^d   Castagnola, Diana ^b   Madonna, Vinicio ^c   Bartolazzi, Armando ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aggressive angiomyxoma; Angiomyofibroblastoma; Immunohistochemistry; Myofibroblast

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; LAMININ; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL MIGRATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HEMANGIOMYXOMA; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MESENCHYME CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PELVIS; STROMA; STROMA CELL; TUMOR CELL; VULVA;

EID: 0032893983     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(99)80093-4     Document Type: Article

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