Primary cardiac sarcomas: An immunohistochemical and grading study with long-term follow-up of 24 cases

Histopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-304

  Donsbeck, A V ^a   Ranchere, D ^c   Coindre, J M ^d   Le Gall, F ^e   Cordier, J F ^b   Loire, R ^a,f  

^a Serv Ctrl d'Anat/Cytol Pathol   (France)

^b Service de Pneumologie   (France)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d Lab d'Anat et de Cytol Pathol   (France)

^e PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Laboratoire d'Anatomopathologie   (France)

Author keywords

Heart neoplasms; Heart tumours; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART SARCOMA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

PROTEA;

EID: 0032894217     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1999.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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