Leiomyosarcoma showing partial synthetic-phase differentiation

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 335-340

  Eyden, Brian ^a   Banerjee, S Sankar ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Leiomyosarcoma; Rough endoplasmic reticulum; Solitary focal density; Synthetic phase differentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVEOLA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; S PHASE; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THIGH; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0036750827     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120290104629     Document Type: Article

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