Aggressive angiomyxoma: A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 11 cases with long-term follow-up

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 446, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-163

  Van Roggen, J F Graadt ^a,b   Van Unnik, J A M ^c   Briaire De Bruijn, I H ^a   Hogendoorn, P C W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Diaconessenhuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Department of Registration and Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggressive angiomyxoma; Cytogenetics; Myxoma; Sarcoma; Soft tissue tumour

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANTIBODY; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEMANGIOMYXOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYXOMA; PELVIS TUMOR; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; DESMIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MDM2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 15244340290     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1135-9     Document Type: Article

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