Primary extraskeletal ewing family tumor with complex epithelial differentiation: A unique case arising in the lateral neck presenting with horner syndrome

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1742-1748

  Weinreb, Ilan ^a,b   Goldstein, David ^a   Perez Ordoñez, Bayardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adamantinoma like; Epithelial; Ewing sarcoma; Horner syndrome; Squamous; Sympathetic chain

Indexed keywords

CD99 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; PROTEIN P63; CKAP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EWS FLI1 FUSION PROTEIN; EWS-FLI1 FUSION PROTEIN; KERATIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHROMOSOME 22Q; EPITHELIUM CELL; EWING SARCOMA; EWSR1 GENE; FLI 1 GENE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR GENE; VAGUS NERVE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EPITHELIUM; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; EPITHELIUM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KERATINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-FLI-1; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, EWING'S; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 56149100675     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181706252     Document Type: Article

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