Cytokeratin-positive malignant solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura: An unusual pitfall in the diagnosis of pleural spindle cell neoplasms [3]

Histopathology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 606-608

  Cavazza, A ^a   Rossi, G ^b   Agostini, L ^a   Roncella, S ^c   Ferro, P ^c   Fedeli, F ^c  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c La Spezia Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MESENCHYMOMA; MICROSCOPY; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; NEOPLASMS, FIBROUS TISSUE; PLEURA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0347478149     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2003.01703.x     Document Type: Letter

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