Spectrum of cardiac tumors excluding myxoma: Experience of a tertiary center with review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 207, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 769-774

  Kumar, Narender ^a   Agarwal, Shipra ^a   Ahuja, Arvind ^a   Das, Prasenjit ^a   Airon, Balram ^a   Ray, Ruma ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Metastatic tumors; Non myxoma cardiac tumors (NMCTs); Rhabdomyosarcoma; Undifferentiated sarcomas

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYOGENIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEART MYXOMA; HEART SARCOMA; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82655184136     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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