Soft tissue perineuromas in children: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-141

  Balarezo, Fabiola S ^a   Muller, Richard C ^a   Weiss, Richard G ^b   Brown, Timothy ^b   Knibbs, David ^a   Joshi, Vijay V ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Perineural cell; Perineuroma; Soft tissue tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; E2F6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SATELLITE CELLS, PERINEURONAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037359875     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-001-0119-x     Document Type: Article

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