Epithelioid sarcoma-like hemangioendothelioma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-57

  Billings, Steven D ^a   Folpe, Andrew L ^b   Weiss, Sharon W ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelioid sarcoma; Hemangioendothelioma; Vascular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELOID SARCOMA LIKE HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; SARCOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SARCOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037215354     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200301000-00006     Document Type: Article

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