Schwannomas in the colon and rectum: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 20 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 846-855

  Miettinen, Markku ^a   Shekitka, Kris M ^a   Sobin, Leslie H ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIST; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyosarcoma; Nerve sheath tumor; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MITOSIS; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM TUMOR; SYMPTOM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034961983     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200107000-00002     Document Type: Article

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