Intravascular inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors in infancy

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 400-404

  Sebire, Neil James ^a   Ramsay, Alan ^a   Sheppard, Mary ^b   Malone, Marian ^a   Harding, Brian ^a   Risdon, Rupert Anthony ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Intravascular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036656111     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-001-0198-8     Document Type: Article

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