Benign epithelioid peripheral nerve sheath tumors of the soft tissues: Clinicopathologic spectrum of 33 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-51

  Laskin, William B ^a,c   Fetsch, John F ^b   Lasota, Jerzy ^b   Miettinen, Markku ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelioid; Immunohistochemistry; Neurofibroma; Peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DNA; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYALIN; LAMININ; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROFIBROMIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BENIGN EPITHELIOID PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG; MALE; MITOSIS; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; TRUNK; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, NEOPLASM; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 11144278251     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000146044.90901.4c     Document Type: Article

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