Immunohistochemical staining for TLE1 distinguishes synovial sarcoma from histologic mimics

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 839-844

  Foo, Wai Chin ^a   Cruise, Michael W ^b   Wick, Mark R ^b   Hornick, Jason L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression profiling; Immunohistochemistry; Soft tissue tumor; Synovial sarcoma; TLE1; Transducer like enhancer of split 1; Translocation

Indexed keywords

COREPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSDUCER LIKE ENHANCER OF SPLIT 1; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EWING SARCOMA; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESENCHYMOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

BONE NEOPLASMS; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMORS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79957779149     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP45SSNAOPXYXU     Document Type: Article

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