Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: A clinicopathologic study of 18 cases, including histopathologic relationship with sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma in a subset of cases

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 303-311

  Rekhi, Bharat ^a   Deshmukh, Mahesh ^a   Jambhekar, Nirmala A ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Fibrosarcoma; Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma; Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma; Uncommon soft tissue sarcomas

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG; LOW GRADE FIBROMYXOID SARCOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSING EPITHELIOID FIBROSARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA; SEX FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052839790     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: 15328198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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