Undifferentiated intimal sarcoma of large systemic blood vessels: Report of 14 cases with immunohistochemical profile and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1184-1193

  Sebenik, Matjaz ^a   Ricci Jr , Andrew ^b   DiPasquale, Bruno ^c   Mody, Kokila ^a   Pytel, Peter ^e   Jee, Kowan Ja ^f   Knuutila, Sakari ^f   Scholes, John ^d  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

CD31; Comparative genomic hybridization; Fli 1; Immunohistochemistry; Intimal sarcoma; Large blood vessels; Phenotype alteration

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; AORTA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIFFERENTIATED INTIMAL SARCOMA; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTIMA; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR THROMBUS; TUMOR VOLUME; UNDIFFERENTIATED INTIMAL SARCOMA; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD31; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GELSOLIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SARCOMA; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 24144491324     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000159774.70288.7d     Document Type: Review

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