Disseminated malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-115

  Zhang, Hongquan ^a   Lucas, David R ^a   Pass, Harvey I ^a   Che, Mingxin ^a  

^a HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disseminated; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant solitary fibrous tumor; Pleura; Sarcomatoid mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MALIGNANT SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR, PLEURAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 3242812769     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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