Myoepithelial tumors of soft tissue: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 101 cases with evaluation of prognostic parameters

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1183-1196

  Hornick, Jason L ^b   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chondroid syringoma; Mixed tumor; Myoepithelioma; Pleomorphic adenoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; KERATIN; PROTEIN S100B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; MYOEPITHELIOMA; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SYRINGOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0042388430     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200309000-00001     Document Type: Article

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