Ectomesenchymoma: Case report and review of the literature

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-87

  Kösem, Mustafa ^a   Ibiloǧlu, Ibrahim ^a   Bakan, Vedat ^a   Köseoǧlu, Burhan ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ectomesenchymoma; Ganglion cells; Malignant schwannoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECTODERM; ECTOMESENCHYMOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MESENCHYME; MESENCHYMOMA; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLAST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED;

EID: 1542710613     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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