Giant cell tumour of tendon sheath (localised nodular tenosynovitis): Clinicopathological features of 71 cases

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 404-407

  Monaghan, H ^a   Salter, D M ^a   Al Nafussi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Giant cell tumour tendon sheath; Osteoclasts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HAND TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; OSTEOCLAST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TENDON SHEATH; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMORS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; TENDONS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0035018254     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.54.5.404     Document Type: Article

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