Microtubular aggregates within the rough endoplasmic reticulum of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma cells: A case report

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-198

  Tsuchida, Rika ^a   Ishida, Tsuyoshi ^a   Uozaki, Hiroshi ^a   Bessho, Fumio ^a   Machinami, Rikuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; Microtubular aggregates; Small round cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MESENCHYMOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CYTOPLASM; DESMIN; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; MYOGLOBIN; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0033039646     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131299281707     Document Type: Article

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