Desmoplastic fibroblastoma: A light and ultrastructural description of two cases

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-157

  Alberghini, Marco ^a   Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^b,c   Zanella, Licciana ^a   Bacchini, Patrizia ^a   Bertoni, Franco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign myofibroblastic tumors; Fibroblastoma; Fibroma; Fibronexus; Soft tissue; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIPLOIDY; FIBROMA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; STELLATE CELL; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ACTINS; ADULT; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROMA, DESMOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE CELLS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 3142547205     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120490475761     Document Type: Article

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