Primary intraosseous melanotic schwannoma of the fibula associated with the Carney complex

Pathology International

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 538-542

  Kim, Mi Jung ^a   Choi, Jene ^a   Khang, Shin Kwang ^a   Kim, Jung Sun ^a   Lee, Jong Seok ^a   Cho, Kyung Ja ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone; Carney complex; Loss of heterozygosity; PRKAR1A; Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MELANIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN HMB 45; PROTEIN KINASE A REGULATORY SUBUNIT 1A; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCIFICATION; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; FIBULA; GENE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAOSSEOUS MELANOTIC SCHWANNOMA; LONG BONE; MELANOSOME; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRKAR1A GENE; RARE DISEASE; TUMOR CELL;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEURILEMMOMA; SYNDROME;

EID: 33747495185     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2006.02002.x     Document Type: Article

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