Sarcoma of follicular dendritic cells in the dorsal mediastinum

Human Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-263

  Kröber, Stefan Martin ^a   Marx, Alexander ^b   Aebert, Hermann ^b   Dohmen, Bernhard M ^b   Kaiserling, Edwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CD35; Fluorothymidine positron emission tomography; Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma; KiM4p; Spindle cell tumor

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; FLUORINE; FLUOROTHYMIDINE; KIM4P PROTEIN; PROTEIN; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COAGULATION NECROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESMOSOME; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MITOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASE; SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 10744222558     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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