Angiosarcoma Involving the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Series of Primary and Metastatic Cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-307

  Allison, Kimberly H ^a   Yoder, Brian J ^b   Bronner, Mary P ^a   Goldblum, John R ^b   Rubin, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Gastrointestinal; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 8; CYTOKERATIN CAM 5.2; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PAIN; RECTUM; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 1442304971     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200403000-00002     Document Type: Article

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