Fat-forming variant of solitary fibrous tumour of the orbit: The entity previously known as lipomatous haemangiopericytoma

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1479-1481

  Pitchamuthu, H ^a   Gonzalez, P ^b   Kyle, P ^b   Roberts, F ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; FAT; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EPIPHORA; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE BIOPSY; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LIPOMATOSIS; MICROSCOPY; ORBIT TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUPIL DISEASE; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650662238     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.215     Document Type: Letter

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