Multifocal Epithelioid Angiosarcoma of Bone: A Potential Pitfall in the Differential Diagnosis with Metastatic Carcinoma

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-363

  Santeusanio, Giuseppe ^a   Bombonati, Alessandro ^a   Tarantino, Umberto ^a   Craboledda, Paolo ^b   Marino, Bonaventura ^b   Birbe, Ruth ^c   Ortenzi, Angela ^a,b   Villaschi, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Bone; Cytokeratins; Epithelioid; Immunohistochemistry; Metastatic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMUR TUMOR; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TALUS; TIBIA; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 0347504830     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129039-200312000-00014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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