Myxoid epithelioid sarcoma: A diagnostic challenge. A report on six cases

Histopathology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 753-759

  Flucke, Uta ^a   Hulsebos, Theo J M ^b   Van Krieken, J Han J M ^a   Mentzel, Thomas ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Dermatopathologie Bodensee   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epithelioid sarcoma; Myoepithelioma; Myxoid; Soft tissue tumours

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SMARCB1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INGUINAL REGION; LIMB; MALE; MYOEPITHELIOMA; MYXOID EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SKIN CANCER; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STROMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; SARCOMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 78449288219     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03688.x     Document Type: Article

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