Spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma in adults

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1106-1113

  Nascimento, Alessandra F ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Head; Neck; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Sarcoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALDESMON; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KERATIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOGENIC FACTOR 4; MYOGLOBIN; MYOSIN; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NASOPHARYNX; NECK; NOSE CAVITY; PAROTID GLAND; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RETROPERITONEUM; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; THIGH;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; MYOGLOBIN; MYOSINS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; S100 PROTEINS; SARCOMA;

EID: 22944470241     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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