Primary pleural Synovial sarcoma: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-90

  Ng, Siok Bian ^a   Ahmed, Qasim ^a   Tien, Sim Leng ^a   Sivaswaren, Christina ^a   Lau, Lai Ching ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PLEURA TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL;

EID: 0037286381     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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