Retroperitoneal synovial sarcoma: A clinicopathological study of 6 cases

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-216

  Chatzipantelis, Paschalis ^a,b   Kafiri, G ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Histology; Prognosis; Retroperitoneum; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; RETROPERITONEAL SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 45249105112     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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