Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK 1) staining and molecular analysis in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours of the bladder: A preliminary clinicopathological study of nine cases and review of the literature

Modern Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 765-771

  Freeman, Alex ^a   Geddes, Nicola ^b   Munson, Philippa ^a   Joseph, Jean ^a   Ramani, Pramila ^b   Sandison, Ann ^c   Fisher, Cyril ^d   Parkinson, M Connie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALK 1; Bladder; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOGENIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALK GENE; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROFIBROMA; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMATOID CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; DESMIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KERATINS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; STAINING AND LABELING; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 3042618788     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800078     Document Type: Article

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