Solitary fibrous tumor of the spinal cord: A clinicopathologic study of two cases

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 268-275

  Pizzolitto, Stefano ^a   Falconieri, Giovanni ^a   DeMaglio, Giovanna ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; Solitary fibrous tumor; spinal cord; spinal cord neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENINGIOMA; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NECROSIS; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 5644275047     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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