Myxosarcoma of the right ventricle: An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 3549-3553

  Maitra, Rupa N ^a   McHaffie, David J ^a   St John Wakefield, J ^a   Delahunt, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cardiac sarcoma; Immuno histochemistry; Myxoma; Myxosarcoma; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8A; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DESMIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CARCINOMA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METASTASIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYXOSARCOMA; PERICARDIUM; PLEURA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; STELLATE CELL; STERNOTOMY; TERMINAL CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOSARCOMA;

EID: 0043030052     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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