Desmoplastic small round cell tumor: Using FISH as an ancillary technique to support cytologic diagnosis in an unusual case

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 516-520

  Waugh, Michael S ^a   Dash, Rajesh C ^a   Turner, Kristi C ^a   Dodd, Leslie G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Desmoplastic small round cell tumor; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Immunohistochemistry; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 34547943506     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20669     Document Type: Article

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