Myxoid solitary fibrous tumor: A study of seven cases with emphasis on differential diagnosis

Modern Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 463-471

  De Saint Aubain Somerhausen, Nicolas ^b   Rubin, Brian P ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Myxoid; Sarcoma; Soft tissue; Solitary fibrous tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOMA; MALE; MYXOSARCOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; ORBIT TUMOR; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THORAX WALL TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0345551890     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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