Well-differentiated spindle cell liposarcoma (atypical spindle cell lipomatous tumor) does not belong to the spectrum of atypical lipomatous tumor but has a close relationship to spindle cell lipoma: Clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular analysis of six cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 729-736

  Mentzel, Thomas ^a   Palmedo, Gabriele ^a   Kuhnen, Cornelius ^b  

^a Dermatopathologie Bodensee   (Germany)

^b Medical Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atypical lipomatous tumor; Cytogenetics; Immunohistochemistry; Liposarcoma; Spindle cell lipoma; Spindle cell liposarcoma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; PROTEIN MDM2; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL LIPOMATOUS TUMOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LOWER LEG; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TESTIS; THIGH; THORAX WALL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME; WELL DIFFERENTIATED SPINDLE CELL LIPOSARCOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEG; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THIGH; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952012250     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2010.66     Document Type: Article

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