Liposarcoma with meningothelial-like whorls. Report of four cases showing diverse histologic findings and behavior

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 392-400

  Kim, Se Hoon ^a   Choi, Yoon Jung ^b   Kim, Hee Jung ^c   Yang, Woo Ick ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Bundang Jesaeng Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Mizmedi Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dedifferentiation; Immunohistochemistry; Liposarcoma; Meningothelial like whorls

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL LINEAGE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABELING INDEX; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; SCROTUM DISORDER; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; SPINE METASTASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TISSUE TYPES;

EID: 0037899105     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2003.44.3.392     Document Type: Article

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