An osteoclast-rich tumor of the gastrointestinal tract with features resembling clear cell sarcoma of soft parts: Reports of 6 cases of a GIST simulator

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-81

  Zambrano, Eduardo ^a   Reyes Mugica, Miguel ^a   Franchi, Alessandro ^b   Rosai, Juan ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clear cell sarcoma of soft parts; GIST; Malignant melanoma of soft parts; Osteoclasts

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD34 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; OSTEOCLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0038222330     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690301100202     Document Type: Article

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