Regression of congenital fibrosarcoma to hemangiomatous remnant with histological and genetic findings

Pathology International

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 612-618

  Miura, Katsutoshi ^a   Han, Guiping ^a   Sano, Michio ^a   Tsutsui, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital fibrosarcoma; Cytotoxic T cells; Hemangiopericytoma; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Tumor regression

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROSARCOMA; HAND TUMOR; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MITOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; HAND; HEMANGIOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR REGRESSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABNORMALITIES; APOPTOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROSARCOMA; HAND; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0036431499     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2002.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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