Epithelioid sarcoma of the penis. Clinicopathologic study of a tumor with myogenic features and review of the literature concerning this unusual location

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 441-448

  Corsi, Alessandro ^a,b   Perugia, Giacomo ^a   De Matteis, Anna ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epithelioid sarcoma; Myogenic sarcoma; Penile neoplasms; Penis; Soft tissue tumors

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL JUNCTION; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS RATE; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENIS AMPUTATION; PENIS TUMOR; PEYRONIE DISEASE; PINOCYTOSIS; THIN FILAMENT; TISSUE NECROSIS; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0033016774     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(99)80020-X     Document Type: Article

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