Epithelioid angiosarcoma arising in a deep-seated plexiform schwannoma: a case report and literature review

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1096-1101

  Lee, Fang Yi ^a   Wen, Mei Chin ^a,b   Wang, John ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Epithelioid angiosarcoma; Plexiform schwannoma; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MITOSIS; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLIOMYELITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCIATIC NERVE;

AGED; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 34250178435     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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