Soft tissue myoepithelioma: A case report

Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 451-454

  Venkatraman, L ^a   Sinnathuray, A R ^a   Raut, V ^a   Brooker, D S ^a   McCluggage, W Glenn ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Myoepithelioma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CLAVICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOEPITHELIOMA; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 0036798770     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031302021000009388     Document Type: Article

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