Epithelioid vascular tumors of bone: A review and proposal of a classification scheme

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 74-82

  O'Connell, John X ^a   Nielsen, G Petur ^b   Rosenberg, Andrew E ^b  

^a SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Bone; Epithelioid; Hemangioendothelioma; Hemangioma

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

BONE NEOPLASMS; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035287424     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125480-200103000-00003     Document Type: Review

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