Proximal-type epithelioid sarcoma: Report of two cases in the perineum - Differential diagnosis and review of soft tissue tumors with epithelioid and/or rhabdoid features

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-230

  Zevallos Giampietri, Eduardo Alfredo ^b   Barrionuevo, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLÁSICAS   (Peru)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epithelioid sarcoma; Perineum; Proximal type epithelioid sarcoma; Rhabdoid; Sarcoma; Soft tissue tumors

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CALRETININ; CD30 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL INVASION; CELL TYPE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINEUM; PERITONEUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PERINEUM; RHABDOID TUMOR; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23944491143     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pai.0000145131.80060.6c     Document Type: Review

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