Low-grade fibrosarcoma - Report on 39 not otherwise specified cases and comparison with defined low-grade fibrosarcoma types

Histopathology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-160

  Hansen, T ^a   Katenkamp, K ^a   Brodhun, M ^a   Katenkamp, D ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibromyxoid sarcoma; Fibrosarcoma; Hyalinizing spindle cell tumour with giant collagen rosettes; Immunohistochemistry; Low grade flbroblastic type; Sclerosing epithelioid sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; FIBROMYXOID SARCOMA; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW UP; GIANT COLLAGEN ROSETTE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33746072660     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02480.x     Document Type: Article

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