Primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma in a patient with hepatitis C virus- related liver cirrhosis

Pathology International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-47

  Tsuji, Motomu ^a   Takenaka, Rika ^b   Kashihara, Takeshi ^b   Hadama, Tohru ^c   Terada, Nobuyuki ^d   Mori, Hiroshi ^e  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Itami City Hospital   (Japan)

^c Gene Diagnostic Center   (Japan)

^d HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Immunohistochemistry; Ki 67; Mitotic index; Primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; MUSCLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ACTINS; AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0034127489     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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