Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with neuroendocrine/neuronal differentiation: Report of 3 cases

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-141

  Houreih, M Adib ^a   Lin, Amy Y ^b   Eyden, Brian ^a,b   Menasce, Lia P ^a   Harrison, James ^c   Jones, David ^d   Folberg, Robert ^a   Chejfec, Gregorio ^b   Banerjee, S Sankar ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Molecular genetics; Neuroendocrine neuronal differentiation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; DESMIN; MYOGENIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GRANULE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; ORBIT DISEASE; PELVIS; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOGRANINS; DESMIN; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MYOGENIN; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; NEURONS; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849092997     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908319444     Document Type: Article

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