Clinico-pathologic correlations of myofibroblastic tumors of the oral cavity: I. Nodular fasciitis

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 426-435

  Dayan, Dan ^a   Nasrallah, Varda ^a   Vered, Marilena ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Nodular fasciitis; Oral cavity; Reactive lesion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FIBROMATOSIS; FIBROSARCOMA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LIP TUMOR; MALE; MEDLINE; MITOSIS; MOUTH TUMOR; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYXOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NODULAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 22344450801     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2005.00338.x     Document Type: Review

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