Intra-abdominal follicular dendritic cell sarcoma with marked pleomorphic features and aberrant expression of neuroendocrine markers: Report of a case with immunohistochemical analysis

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 346-352

  Padilla Rodríguez, Alvaro Lezid ^a,b   Bembassat, Miguel ^a   Lazaro, Miguel ^a   Ortiz Hidalgo, Carlos ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Follicular dendritic sarcoma; Neuroendocrine; Pleomorphic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3B; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3D; RECEPTORS, IGE; SARCOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548238291     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pai.0000213113.50849.9e     Document Type: Article

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