Pulmonary sarcomatous tumors

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1104-1117

  Litzky, Leslie A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSARCOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FIBROSARCOMA; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LUNG SARCOMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; OSTEOSARCOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; REVIEW; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; SARCOMA;

EID: 46849104292     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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