Ewing family of tumours involving the vulva and vagina: Report of a series of four cases

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 674-680

  McCluggage, W Glenn ^a   Sumathi, Vaiyapuri P ^b   Nucci, Marisa R ^c   Hirsch, Michelle ^c   Cin, Paola Dal ^c   Wells, Michael ^d   Flanagan, Adrienne M ^e   Fisher, Cyril ^f  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD99 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL AGGREGATION; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA; VULVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SARCOMA, EWING'S; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250865014     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.040931     Document Type: Article

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