Metastasizing vulvar carcinosarcoma with squamous carcinomatous and leiomyosarcomatous differentiation: Genetic evidence of clonal origin

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1143-1147

  Adam, Patrick ^a   Zettl, Andreas ^a   Zollner, Ursula ^a   Dietl, Johannes ^a   Müller Hermelink, Hans Konrad ^a   Eck, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CGH; Clonal origin; Vulvar carcinosarcoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1;

AGED; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLONAL VARIATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 26644449190     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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