Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasms of soft tissue and gynecologic origin: A clinicopathologic study of 26 cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1558-1575

  Folpe, Andrew L ^a,e   Mentzel, Thomas ^b   Lehr, Hans Anton ^c   Fisher, Cyril ^d   Balzer, Bonnie L ^a   Weiss, Sharon W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Perivascular epithelioid cell; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; MELAN A; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFE3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BROAD LIGAMENT; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FALCIFORM LIGAMENT CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; GENDER; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT; MALE; MESENTERY TUMOR; METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; NECK TUMOR; OMENTUM; PELVIS CANCER; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; REVIEW; SCALP TUMOR; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; THIGH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE AND SOFT TISSUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644797611     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000173232.22117.37     Document Type: Review

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