Gliosarcoma with prominent smooth muscle component (gliomyosarcoma): A report of 10 cases

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-54

  Khanna, Manisha ^a   Siraj, Fouzia ^a   Chopra, Prem ^a   Bhalla, Sunita ^a   Roy, Subimal ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma; gliomyosarcoma; gliosarcoma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; RETICULIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GLIOMYOSARCOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOSARCOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RETICULIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952937382     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.77324     Document Type: Article

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