Orbital giant cell angiofibroma: Immunohistochemistry and differential diagnosis

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-220

  Farmer, James P ^a,b   Lamba, Manisha ^b   McDonald, Hector ^a   Commons, A Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CD34; Giant cell angiofibroma; Solitary fibrous tumour

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT CANCER; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646238482     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/I06-002     Document Type: Article

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