Orbital lymphangioma with positive immunohistochemistry of lymphatic endothelial markers (vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 and podoplanin)

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 239, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 628-632

  Cursiefen, Claus ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a   Breiteneder Geleff, Silvana ^b   Holbach, Leonard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphangioma; Orbital vascular tumor; Podoplanin; Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3

Indexed keywords

MARKER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PODOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER EYELID; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT TUMOR; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0034871192     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170100325     Document Type: Article

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