Pleomorphic angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma: A case confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis for EWSR1 rearrangement

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 855-860

  Weinreb, Ilan ^a,b   Rubin, Brian P ^c   Goldblum, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN EWSR1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANGIOMATOID FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCHYMOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY;

CHILD; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS; SCALP; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 49349114142     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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