Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma - A report of two cases with cytogenetic analysis of FUS gene rearrangement by FISH technique

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-148

  Rekhi, Bharat ^a   Folpe, Andrew L ^b   Deshmukh, Mahesh ^a   Jambhekar, Nirmala Ajit ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

FISH technique; FUS rearrangement; Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma; Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma; Soft tissue sarcomas

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; MYOD1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 16; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 7; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUS GENE; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW GRADE FIBROMYXOID SARCOMA; MALE; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSING EPITHELIOID FIBROSARCOMA; TUMOR CELL;

CHILD; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952709716     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-010-9277-3     Document Type: Article

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