Primary poorly differentiated monophasic synovial sarcoma of the lung. A case report with immunohistochemical and genetic studies

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 827-833

  Mikami, Yoshiki ^a   Nakajima, Masamitsu ^b   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^c   Kuwabara, Kyoko ^d   Sasao, Yuki ^d   Manabe, Toshiaki ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung; Pathology; PCR; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; FIBROMA; FUSION GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG HILUS; LUNG LOBE; LUNG SARCOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 1242352998     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00502     Document Type: Article

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