A distinctive novel epitheliomesenchymal biphasic tumor of the stomach in young adults ("gastroblastoma"): A series of 3 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1370-1377

  Miettinen, Markku ^a   Dow, Nancy ^a   Lasota, Jerzy ^a   Sobin, Leslie H ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitheliomesenchymal tumor; Gastroblastoma; Sarcoma; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CALRETININ; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 7; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC EPITHELIOMESENCHYMAL BIPHASIC TUMOR; GASTROBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MITOSIS RATE; MIXED TUMOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH TUMOR; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CARCINOSARCOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KERATINS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; NEPRILYSIN; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249124639     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181a6a792     Document Type: Article

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