Pulmonary and mediastinal glomus tumors - Report of five cases including a pulmonary glomangiosarcoma: A clinicopathologic study with literature review

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1105-1114

  Gaertner, Erich M ^a   Steinberg, David M ^c   Huber, Monica ^d   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^g   Tsuda, Nobuo ^g   Askin, Frederic B ^c   Bell, Stephen W ^e   Nguyen, Ba ^c   Colby, Thomas V ^g   Nishimura, Stephen L ^f   Miettinen, Markku ^b   Travis, William D ^b,g  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Pathologie Bakteriol Institut   (Austria)

^e ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Building 54 ^*

Author keywords

Glomangiosarcoma; Glomus tumor; Mediastinal tumors; Pulmonary tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMUS TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 18244428498     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200008000-00008     Document Type: Article

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