Primary synovial sarcoma of the heart. A clinicopathologic study of one case and review of the literature

Pathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-34

  Sassi, Samia Hannachi ^b,c   Zargouni, N ^a   Dakhlia, M Saadi ^a   Mrad, K ^b   Cammoun, M ^a   Romdhane, K Ben ^b  

^a Cardiovasc/Thoracic Surgery Clinic   (Tunisia)

^b SALAH AZAIEZ INSTITUTE   (Tunisia)

^c NONE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Heart; Primary malignant tumor; Synovial Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; HEART TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL;

EID: 2442463360     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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