Soft tissue perineurioma: Clinicopathologic analysis of 81 cases including those with atypical histologic features

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 845-858

  Hornick, Jason L ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

MPNST; Nerve sheath; Neurofibroma; Perineurioma; Sarcoma; Schwannoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CD22 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CLAUDIN 1; EOSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DERMIS; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS; NERVE TUMOR; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STROMA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 21244448069     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000155166.86409.d2     Document Type: Article

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