Spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma of the tongue in an infant: A case report with emphasis on differential diagnosis of childhood spindle cell lesions

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 200, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 537-543

  Gupta, Anita ^b   Maddalozzo, John ^a   Htin, Thanda Win ^b   Shah, Anil ^a   Chou, Pauline M ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood tumors; Rhabdomyofibrosarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Spindle cell lesions; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; MYOGENIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; FIBROSARCOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS RATE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; RHABDOMYOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; STAINING; TONGUE CANCER;

EID: 10644241516     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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