Primary Giant Clear Cell Sarcoma (Soft Tissue Malignant Melanoma) of the Sternum

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1927-1928

  Rocco, Gaetano ^a   de Chiara, Anna Rosaria ^a   Fazioli, Flavio ^a   Scognamiglio, Francesco ^a   La Rocca, Antonello ^a   Apice, Gaetano ^a   Riva, Carla ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EWS GENE; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY GIANT CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; STERNUM; THORAX WALL DEFECT; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION;

BONE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; STERNUM;

EID: 65649140045     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.077     Document Type: Article

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