Spindle cell squamous carcinoma of the oesophagus: An analysis of 17 cases, with new immunohistochemical evidence for a clonal origin

Histopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-132

  Handra Luca, A ^a   Terris, B ^a   Couvelard, A ^a   Molas, G ^a   Degott, C ^a   Flejou, J F ^a,b  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; E cadherin; Oesophagus; p53 protein; Spindle cell squamous carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL; ULCER;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLONE CELLS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0035572232     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2001.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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