Synovial sarcoma involving the head: Analysis of 36 cases with predilection to the parotid and temporal regions

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1494-1503

  Al Daraji, Wael ^a,b   Lasota, Jerzy ^b   Foss, Robert ^b   Miettinen, Markku ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological behavior; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Head; Parotid region; Prognostic factors; Sarcoma; Synovial sarcoma; Temporal region; Temporomandibular

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; KERATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEEK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EWING SARCOMA; EXCISION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEAD TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIP; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTOID; MAXILLA; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; PAROTID REGION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349693692     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181aa913f     Document Type: Article

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