Idiopathic fibroinflammatory (Fibrosing/Sclerosing) lesions of the mediastinum: A study of 30 cases with emphasis on morphologic heterogeneity

Modern Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-264

  Flieder, Douglas B ^a,c   Suster, Saul ^b   Moran, César A ^a,d  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Inflammation; Mediastinum

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; STAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033009992     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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