Microcystic/reticular schwannoma: A distinct variant with predilection for visceral locations

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1080-1087

  Liegl, Bernadette ^a,b   Bennett, Michael W ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Microcystic; Nerve sheath; Reticular; Schwannoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN P63; PSORIASIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; MUSCLE TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINDLE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; VISCERA; CHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 47249119716     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318160cfda     Document Type: Article

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