Mediastinal liposarcoma of mixed type in childhood: A report of a case with unusual histologic features

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-534

  Anand Rajan, K D ^a   Subbarao, Kiran Chikkanahalli ^b   Agarwala, Sandeep ^b   Gupta, Siddhartha Datta ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood liposarcoma of mediastinum; childhood sarcoma; mediastinal liposarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOSARCOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MIXED TUMOR; OSTEOSARCOMA; PALPATION; PERCUSSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINDLE CELL; TERATOMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR CELL; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; CYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY;

CHILD; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LIPOSARCOMA; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955865770     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.68297     Document Type: Article

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