First case report of a fetal synovial sarcoma confirmed by molecular detection of SYT-SSX fusion gene transcripts

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 517-520

  Duband, Sébastien ^a   Morrison, Alan L ^a   Pasquier, Dominique ^b   Coindre, Jean Michel ^c   Pasquier, Basile ^b   Péoc'h, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^c INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital soft tissue tumor; Fetus; Synovial sarcoma; SYT SSX fusion gene; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FUSION GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NECROSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; SYT SSX FUSION GENE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; ARM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 55449088278     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1085074     Document Type: Article

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