Primary intravascular synovial sarcoma: A disease of young adult women? Report of a case diagnosed by aspiration biopsy and review of the literature

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 834-838

  Tong, Guo Xia ^a   Goldblum, John R ^b   Qiu, Wansong ^b   Skacel, Marek ^b   Downs Kelly, Erinn ^b   Contractor, Sohail ^c   Levine, Pascale ^c  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Intravascular synovial sarcoma; The superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; PRIMARY INTRAVASCULAR SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SPINDLE CELL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUNK; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SEX FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845465103     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20574     Document Type: Article

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