Solitary fibrous tumor of the oral cavity with a predominant leiomyomatous-like pattern: A potential diagnostic pitfall

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 206, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 499-503

  Amico, Paolo ^a   Colella, Giuseppe ^b   Rossiello, Raffaele ^b   Maria Vecchio, Giada ^a   Leocata, Pietro ^c   Magro, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyoma; Oral cavity; Solitary fibrous tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALDESMON; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; DESMIN; H CALDESMON; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEEK MUCOSA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MANDIBLE; MOUTH TUMOR; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954035299     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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