Expanding the spectrum of malignant progression in solitary fibrous tumors: A study of 8 cases with a discrete anaplastic component-is this dedifferentiated sft?

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1314-1321

  Mosquera, Juan Miguel ^a,b   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^c,d  

^a Department of Pathology   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dedifferentiation; Sarcoma; Soft tissue; Solitary fibrous tumor

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; NECROSIS; OMENTUM; OSTEOSARCOMA; RETROPERITONEUM; SOFT TISSUE; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; THORAX TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASIA; ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 70249129083     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181a6cd33     Document Type: Article

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