Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with ALK/TPM3 fusion presenting as ileocolic intussusception: An unusual presentation of an unusual neoplasm

Human Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-116

  Milne, Anya N A ^a   Sweeney, Karl J ^b   O'Riordain, Diarmuid S ^b   Pauwels, Patrick ^c   Debiec Rychter, Maria ^d   Offerhaus, G Johan A ^a   Jeffers, Michael ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Intussusception

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALK 1; PROTEIN TPM3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON INTUSSUSCEPTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYOFIBROBLAST; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PLOIDY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; ILEOCECAL VALVE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTUSSUSCEPTION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29044441467     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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