Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma confirmed by molecular detection of SYT-SSX1 fusion gene transcripts: A case report and review of the literature

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 274-279

  Hosono, Tatsuya ^a   Hironaka, Mitsugu ^a   Kobayashi, Akira ^a   Yamasawa, Hideaki ^a   Bando, Masashi ^a   Ohno, Shoji ^a   Sohara, Yasunori ^a   Sugiyama, Yukihiko ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Primary pulmonary synovial sarcoma; Spindle cell tumor; SYT SSX fusion gene transcripts

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SSX; PROTEIN SSX1; PROTEIN SYT; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KERATIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PARAFFIN; SYT SSX FUSION PROTEIN; SYT-SSX FUSION PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG SARCOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SPINDLE CELL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIMENTIN;

EID: 21744440731     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyi073     Document Type: Article

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