Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor, not otherwise specified: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 31 cases

Chinese Journal of Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 240-245

  Cai, Jun Na ^a   Shi, Min ^b   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Epithelioid cell; Soft tissue neoplasms; Vascular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ACTA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ACTIN; DESMIN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DESMIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955610418     PISSN: 05295807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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