Pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma: A distinctive, often multicentric tumor with indolent behavior

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-201

  Hornick, Jason L ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

epithelioid sarcoma; hemangioendothelioma; soft tissue tumor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251538385     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181ff0901     Document Type: Article

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