Osteoclast-rich tumor of the gastrointestinal tract with features resembling those of clear cell sarcoma of soft parts

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 448, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-203

  Huang, Wenbin ^a   Zhang, Xinhua ^a   Li, Dongjie ^b   Chen, Jieyu ^a   Meng, Kui ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Lu, Zengfeng ^a   Zhou, Xiaojun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fuyang Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Clear cell sarcoma; Melanoma; Osteoclast; Stomach

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE SHEATH; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; OSTEOCLAST; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OSTEOCLASTS; S100 PROTEINS; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 32544442871     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-0051-y     Document Type: Article

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