Dedifferentiated liposarcoma with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation in an 8-year-old girl

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-196

  Okamoto, Sumika ^a,c   Machinami, Rikuo ^a   Tanizawa, Taisuke ^b   Matsumoto, Seiichi ^b   Lee, Gang Hong ^c   Ishikawa, Yuichi ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children's sarcoma; Dedifferentiation; Liposarcoma; Pediatric sarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DESMIN; EPIRUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; MYOGLOBIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOSARCOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 76949090852     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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