Primary subcutaneous primitive neuroectodermal tumor with aggressive behavior and an unusual karyotype: Case report

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 538-545

  Somers, Gino R ^a   Shago, Mary ^a   Zielenska, Maria ^a   Chan, Helen S L ^a   Ngan, Bo Y ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Karyotype; Metastases; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Subcutaneous primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN; IFOSFAMIDE; PROTEIN S 100; VINCRISTINE; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DEATH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERPHASE; KARYOTYPE; LUNG METASTASIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKULL; SYNAPSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; EWING SARCOMA; FATALITY; GENETICS; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE, PERIPHERAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 15244358406     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-004-2024-6     Document Type: Article

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