Lipoblastoma in a 23-year-old male: Distinction from atypical lipomatous tumor using cytogenetic and fluorescence in-situ hybridization analysis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 442, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 468-471

  Sciot, Raf ^a   De Wever, Ivo ^a   Debiec Rychter, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atypical lipomatous tumor; Cytogenetics; FISH; Gene 8q12; Lipoblastoma; PLAG1

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 15; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LIPOBLASTOMA; LIPOMA; MALE; PLAG1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH;

EID: 0038459048     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-003-0799-x     Document Type: Article

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