Myoepithelioma of soft tissue - Case report with clinicopathologic, ultrastructural, and cytogenetic findings;Myoepitheliom des weichgewebes: Fallbericht mit klinisch-pathologischen, ultrastrukturellen und zytogenetischen befunden

Pathologe

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 331-338

  Kuhnen, C ^a   Herter, P ^b   Kasprzynski, A ^b   Vogt, M ^a   Jaworska, M ^a   Johnen, G ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH); Genetics; Myoepithelioma; Soft tissue tumor

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOEPITHELIOMA; MYOFILAMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA, NEOPLASM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; S100 PROTEINS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24344508574     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00292-005-0773-2     Document Type: Article

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