Primary localised pleural neurofibroma: Expanding the spectrum of spindle cell tumours of the pleura

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-118

  Langman, G ^a   Rathinam, S ^b   Papadaki, L ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR, PLEURAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77349123581     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.067264     Document Type: Article

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