Diffuse-type giant cell tumor/pigmented villonodular synovitis arising in the sacrum: Malignant form

Pathology International

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 627-631

  Oda, Yoshinao ^a   Takahira, Tomonari ^b   Yokoyama, Ryohei ^b   Tsuneyoshi, Masazumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant diffuse type giant cell tumor; Metastasis; Pigmented villonodular synovitis; Sacrum; Spine

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MITOSIS; OSTEOCLASTOMA; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SACRUM; SPINDLE CELL; SPINE CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LYMPH NODES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SACRUM; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS, PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547661472     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2007.02150.x     Document Type: Article

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