Fibronexus in low-grade myofibrosarcoma: A case report

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 97-100

  Watanabe, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Mizuko ^a   Takashi, Kusakabe ^a   Yamada, Hitoshi ^a   Tajino, Takahiro ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibronexus; Leiomyosarcoma; Myofibroblast; Myofibrosarcoma; Soft tissue tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALDESMON; DESMIN; FIBRONECTIN; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL INVASION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FIBRONEXUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS; MUSCLE CANCER; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOFIBROSARCOMA; MYOFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBRONECTINS; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROFILAMENTS; MYOSARCOMA; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE;

FUSINUS AMPHIURGUS;

EID: 45849143694     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120701829301     Document Type: Article

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