Intranodal myofibroblastoma: Study of a case suggesting smooth-muscle differentiation

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 157-163

  Eyden, Brian ^a   Chorneyko, K A ^b  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy ; Lamina; Lymph node ; Myofibroblast ; Myofibroblastoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TUMOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; ORGANELLES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0035238314     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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