Pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma of the adrenal gland with osteoclast-like giant cells

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-81

  Candanedo González, Fernando A ^a   Vela Chávez, Teresa ^a   Cérbulo Vázquez, Arturo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; DNA content; Flow cytometry; Ki 67; Osteoclast like giant cells; p53; Pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; DNA; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; IFOSFAMIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANAMNESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIPLOIDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS RATE; NECROSIS; OSTEOCLAST; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOMORPHIC LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 24644515372     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ep:16:1:075     Document Type: Article

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