Histochemical and ultrastructural study of an elastofibroma dorsi coexisting with a high grade spindle cell sarcoma

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-177

  Alberghini, M ^a   Bacchini, P ^a   Pignatti, G ^a   Maltarello, M C ^a   Zanella, L ^a   Maraldi, N M ^a,b   Bertoni, F ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastofibroma; Leiomyosarcoma; Pseudotumoral lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOFIBROMA DORSI; FEMALE; FIBROELASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA;

EID: 2942569593     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/884     Document Type: Article

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