Cytokeratin-, calponin-, and p63-positive chondroblastoma with extensive soft tissue involvement and vascular invasion: A potential diagnostic dilemma

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Ho, Yong Howe ^a   Cheng, Mathew Hern Wang ^a   Yap, Wai Ming ^a   Chuah, Khoon Leong ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aggressive; Calponin; Chondroblastoma; Mixed tumor; p63; Soft tissue invasion

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CHONDROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOFT TISSUE METASTASIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHONDROBLASTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED TUMOR, MALIGNANT; S100 PROTEINS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78751582341     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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