Report of a case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the anterior mediastinum metastatic to pleura

Pathologica

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 112-114

  Carassai, P ^a   Caput, M ^b  

^a Department of Anatomic Pathology ^*  (Italy)

^b Department of Pneumology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Mediastinum

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA TUMOR;

AGED; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956926862     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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