Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Spinal Nerve Rootlet: Report of a Case Mimicking Schwannoma

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-337

  Piana, Simonetta ^a   Putrino, Innocenza ^a   Cavazza, Alberto ^a   Nigrisoli, Evandro ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MITOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURILEMOMA; SPINAL ROOT; SPINDLE CELL;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASMS, FIBROUS TISSUE; NEURILEMMOMA; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 1542374033     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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