Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma of the piriform fossa: A case report with a literature review of a tumour with a predilection for the head and neck

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-337

  Coyne, J D ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Low grade myofibroblastic sarcoma; Piriform fossa

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; PYRIFORM CORTEX MYOFIBROBLASTIC SARCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACTINS; ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DESMIN; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; VIMENTIN;

EID: 34247464148     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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