Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma of bone: A calcifying sclerosing variant mimicking osteosarcoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-285

  Mangham, David Chas ^a,b   Williams, Ann ^b   Lalam, Radhesh K ^a   Brundler, Marie Anne ^c   Leahy, Michael G ^a   Cool, Wim Paul ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma; ATF1; Bone tumor; EWSR1; Osteosarcoma

Indexed keywords

EWS ATF1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; EWS-ATF1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MITOSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MITOSIS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; OSTEOSARCOMA; SCLEROSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 75649136205     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181cb4017     Document Type: Article

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