So-called "inflammatory leiomyosarcoma": A series of 3 cases providing additional insights into a rare entity

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-195

  Chang, Anthony ^a   Schuetze, Scott M ^a   Conrad III, Ernest U ^a   Swisshelm, Karen L ^a   Norwood, Thomas H ^a   Rubin, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Inflammatory leiomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; MYOGENIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HAPLOIDY; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KARYOTYPE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; OVARY TERATOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTOGENETICS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION; KARYOTYPING; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 18144373135     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690501300210     Document Type: Article

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