Synovial sarcoma with radiological appearances of primitive neuroectodermal tumour/Ewing sarcoma: Differentiation by molecular genetic studies

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 233-239

  O'Donnell, Paul ^a   Diss, T C ^b   Whelan, J ^b   Flanagan, A M ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ewing sarcoma; Molecular genetics; Synovial sarcoma; Ulna

Indexed keywords

CD99 ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELBOW DISEASE; EWING SARCOMA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; ULNA;

EID: 33644513103     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-005-0006-z     Document Type: Article

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