Extranodal follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the tonsil - Case report of an epithelioid cell variant with osteoclastic giant cells

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-153

  Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^a   George, Sophia M ^b   Kane, Shubhada V ^b   Chaturvedi, Rachana A ^a   Pandit, Shobhana P ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Epithelioid cell variant; Extranodal site; Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma; Giant cell variant; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; CYTOKERATIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; EPITHELIOID CELL; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL SARCOMA; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; OSTEOCLAST; SARCOMA; TONSIL TUMOR; TONSILLECTOMY;

CARCINOMA; DENDRITIC CELL SARCOMA, FOLLICULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCLASTS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TONSILLECTOMY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58249112409     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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