Primary intracranial dural-based synovial sarcoma with an unusual SYT fluorescence in situ hybridization pattern: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 897-903

  Horbinski, Craig ^a,b   Cieply, Kathleen ^a   Bejjani, Ghassan K ^a   McFadden, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Scaife Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dura; Spindle cell neoplasm; Synovial sarcoma; Translocation

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOTAGMIN; ONCOPROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SS18 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DURA MATER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL;

EID: 58149157647     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/11/0897     Document Type: Article

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