Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the small intestine: Report of 4 cases with molecular cytogenetic confirmation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1069-1073

  Laurini, Javier A ^a   Zhang, Lizhi ^a   Goldblum, John R ^b   Montgomery, Elizabeth ^c   Folpe, Andrew L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

FISH; FUS gene; low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 79959640386     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31821bc17a     Document Type: Article

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