Primary Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma (ASPS) of the breast: Report of a deceptive case with xanthomatous features confirmed by TFE3 immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-85

  Wu, Julie ^a   Brinker, David A ^b   Haas, Mark ^a   Montgomery, Elizabeth A ^a   Argani, Pedram ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar soft part sarcoma; Breast; Chromosome; TFE3; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; PROTEIN TFE3; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XANTHOMA;

EID: 13544269604     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690501300112     Document Type: Article

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