Combined clear and granular cell leiomyoma of soft tissue: Evidence of transformation to a histiocytic phenotype

Histopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 526-531

  Dobashi, Y ^a   Iwabuchi, K ^a   Nakahata, J ^a   Yanagimoto, K ^a   Kameya, T ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clear cell; Granular cell; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyoma; Phenotypic transformation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; LYSOZYME; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN HAM 56; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ACTINS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DESMIN; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032984239     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1999.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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