Desmoplastic nested spindle cell tumor of liver: Report of four cases of a proposed new entity

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Hill, D Ashley ^a   Swanson, Paul E ^b   Anderson, Keith ^c   Covinsky, Michael H ^a,d   Finn, Laura S ^b,e   Ruchelli, Eduardo D ^f   Nascimento, Antonio G ^g   Langer, Jacob C ^h   Minkes, Robert K ⁱ   McAlister, William ^j   Dehner, Louis P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

ⁱ LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HLTH SCI C   (United States)

^j ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Calcified; Epithelioid; Hepatoblastoma; Liver; Mesenchymal; Mixed cell tumor; Neoplasm; Ossified; Ossifying stromal epithelial tumor; Osteoid; Spindle cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MESENCHYME; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOID; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; SARCOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 19944405069     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200501000-00001     Document Type: Article

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