Uterine Epithelioid Leiomyosarcomas with Clear Cells: Reactivity with HMB-45 and the Concept of PEComa

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 244-249

  Silva, Elvio G ^a   Deavers, Michael T ^a   Bodurka, Diane C ^a   Malpica, Anais ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cells; Epithelioid; HMB 45; Leiomyosarcoma; Uterine

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALDESMON; CISPLATIN; DESMIN; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CELL TYPE; CLEAR CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MUSCLE TUMOR; PELVIS; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SPINDLE CELL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1642494658     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200402000-00013     Document Type: Article

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