Malignant gastrointestinal neuroectodermal tumor: Clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and molecular analysis of 16 cases with a reappraisal of clear cell sarcoma-like tumors of the gastrointestinal tract

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 857-868

  Stockman, David L ^a   Miettinen, Markku ^b   Suster, Saul ^a   Spagnolo, Dominic ^c   Dominguez Malagon, Hugo ^d   Hornick, Jason L ^e   Adsay, Volkan ^f   Chou, Pauline M ^g   Amanuel, Benhur ^c   Vantuinen, Peter ^a   Zambrano, Eduardo V ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ATF1; Clear cell sarcoma; CREB1; EWSR1; GANT; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; GNET; Malignant gastrointestinal neuroectodermal tumor; Neuroectodermal tumors; S 100 protein

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; ATF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; CREB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; EWSR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN S 100; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SOX10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL GRANULE; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROSECRETION; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE, PERIPHERAL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SOXE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VIMENTIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862076370     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31824644ac     Document Type: Article

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