Intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery: Report of an autopsy case

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 469-474

  Miura, Shiro ^a   Meirmanov, Serik ^a   Nakashima, Masahiro ^a   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^b   Abe, Kuniko ^b   Tamaru, Naoe ^b   Miyahara, Yoshiyuki ^b   Sekine, Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy case; Intimal sarcoma; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMMON COLD; DEATH; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ARTERY SARCOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SARCOMA;

EID: 23244461201     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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