The pathobiologic spectrum of Schwannomas

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 925-934

  Kurtkaya Yapicier, O ^a,b   Scheithauer, B ^a   Woodruff, J M ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical associations; Differential diagnosis; Morphology; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; BONE DESTRUCTION; CARNEY COMPLEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEART; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE TUMOR; MYXOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MUTATION; NEURILEMMOMA; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037789422     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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