Pathology of cardiac tumours and tumour-like conditions

Diagnostic Histopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Tavora, Fabio ^a   Burke, Allen ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

angiosarcoma; fibroma; heart tumour; myxoma; rhabdomyoma; sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FIBROELASTOMA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART MYXOMA; HEART TUMOR; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAPILLOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THROMBUS;

EID: 74149088468     PISSN: 17562317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpdhp.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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