Mucinous, gland predominant synovial sarcoma of a large peripheral nerve: A rare case closely mimicking metastatic mucinous carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 672-676

  Weinreb, Ilan ^a   Perez Ordonez B ^a   Guha, A ^a   Kiehl, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 43549122086     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.053124     Document Type: Article

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