Soft tissue amyloidoma of the extremities: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1270-1273

  Bardin, Richard L ^a   Barnes, Craig E ^a   Stanton, Constance A ^a   Geisinger, Kim R ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIMB; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7444244281     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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