Myoepithelial carcinoma of soft tissue in children: An aggressive neoplasm analyzed in a series of 29 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1813-1824

  Gleason, Briana C ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant myoepithelioma; Myoepithelial carcinoma; Pediatric; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; MYOEPITHELIOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 36448948714     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31805f6775     Document Type: Article

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