Hybrid peripheral nerve sheath tumors: Schwannoma-perineurioma and neurofibroma-perineurioma. A report of three cases in extradigital locations

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-23

  Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a   Pitha, Jan ^b,c   Sima, Radek ^a   Vanecek, Tomas ^a   Shelekhova, Ksenia ^d   Mukensnabl, Petr ^a   Michal, Michal ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hybrid neurofibroma perineurioma; Hybrid schwannoma perineurioma; Peripheral nerve sheath tumors; Reticular perineurioma; Retiform perineurioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NF2 GENE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 13444256355     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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