Cellular neurofibroma with atypia mimics sarcoma: Report of a case with immunohistochemical staining pattern analysis and literature review

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 508-514

  Hu, Shih Wen ^a,c   Hwang, Shiuh Lin ^a   Lin, Wei Chen ^a   Tsai, Kun Bow ^a,b,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CD34; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Neurofibroma; Neurofibromatosis 1; p53; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SPINE TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33750942679     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70345-6     Document Type: Article

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