EWSR1-ATF1 chimeric transcript in a myoepithelial tumor of soft tissue: A case report

Human Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 764-768

  Flucke, Uta ^a   Mentzel, Thomas ^b   Verdijk, Marian A ^a   Slootweg, Pieter J ^a   Creytens, David H ^c   Suurmeijer, Albert J H ^d   Tops, Bastiaan B J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dermatopathologie Bodensee   (Germany)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EWSR1 ATF1 fusion; Myoepithelial tumor; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHIMERA; EPITHELIOID CELL; EWSR1 ATF1 FUSION GENE; EXON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELVIS TUMOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PELVIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859913115     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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