Minute synovial sarcomas of the hands and feet: A clinicopathologic study of 21 tumors less than 1 cm

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 721-726

  Michal, Michal ^a   Fanburg Smith, Julie C ^b   Lasota, Jerzy ^b   Fetsch, John F ^b   Lichy, Jack ^b   Miettinen, Markku ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biphasic synovial sarcoma; Keratins; Monophasic synovial sarcoma; PCR; Prognosis; S 100 protein; SYT SSX fusion

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; PROTEIN S 100; ONCOPROTEIN; SYT SSX FUSION PROTEIN; SYT-SSX FUSION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; GANGLION CYST; HAND TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; PROGNOSIS; SPINDLE CELL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; FOOT; GENETICS; HAND; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745910858     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200606000-00007     Document Type: Article

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