Perivascular epithelioid cell tumour (PEComa) of the soft tissue

Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-420

  Mai, Kien T ^a   Belanger, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epithelioid; PEComa; Perivascular; Sarcoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; RARE DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MART-1 ANTIGEN; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33749169655     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020600922504     Document Type: Article

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