Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the neck with pulmonary metastases

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 561-563

  Fareed, Muhammad Mohsin ^a   Memon, Muhammad Ali ^a,c   Rashid, Azhar ^d   Furrukh, Muhammad ^a   Ahmed, Shoaib ^a   Ghouri, Abdul Rauf ^a   Khan, Amjad ^b   Asghar, Abdul Shaheed ^b  

^a Department of Haematology Oncology ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b North West Armed Forces Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^c JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^d Psychiatric Clinic   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CD 21; CD 23; Fascin.; Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS); Neck mass; Pulmonary metastasis; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD23 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; FASCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARDRUM; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL SARCOMA; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; MANDIBLE; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; MYRINGOTOMY; NECK TUMOR; PARAGANGLIOMA; SAUDI ARABIA; THORAX; THYMOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VOLUME;

DENDRITIC CELL SARCOMA, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052696920     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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