Intestinal perineuriomas: Clinicopathologic definition of a new anatomic subset in a series of 10 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 859-865

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

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Gastrointestinal tract; Nerve sheath; Neurofibroma; Perineurioma; Polyp; Schwannoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALDESMON; CD34 ANTIGEN; CLAUDIN 1; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KERATIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYTOPLASM; DESCENDING COLON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE TUMOR; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MITOSIS; NERVE TUMOR; POLYP; SIGMOID; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA; TRANSVERSE COLON; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

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

EID: 21244496852     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000154130.87219.2c     Document Type: Article

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