Primitive myxoid mesenchymal tumor of infancy: A clinicopathologic report of 6 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 388-394

  Alaggio, Rita ^a   Ninfo, Vito ^a   Rosolen, Angelo ^b   Coffin, Cheryl M ^c,d  

^a Department of Oncology and Surgery

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital fibrosarcoma; Fibromatosis; Infantile fibrosarcoma; Infantile sarcoma; Myxoid tumors; Spindle cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; MYOGENIN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN; ETV6 NTRK3 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; ETV6-NTRK3 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROMATOSIS; FIBROSARCOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MYXOMA; NEWBORN; RARE DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA CELL; CASE REPORT; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645996380     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000190784.18198.d8     Document Type: Article

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