Primary intracerebral angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma: Report of a case with a t(12;22)(q13;q12) causing type 1 fusion of the EWS and ATF-1 genes

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-484

  Dunham, Christopher ^a   Hussong, Jerry ^b   Seiff, Michael ^c   Pfeifer, John ^a   Perry, Arie ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNRISE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Western Regional Center for Brain & Spine Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

AFH; Brain tumor; EWS ATF 1; FISH; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; DNA; EOSIN; GADOLINIUM; HEMATOXYLIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN EWS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROZEN SECTION; FUSION GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RNA EXTRACTION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE FUSION; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN EWS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 40849092885     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181453451     Document Type: Article

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