Immunoreactivity for calretinin and keratins in desmoid fibromatosis and other myofibroblastic tumors: A diagnostic pitfall

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1404-1409

  Barak, Stephanie ^a   Wang, Zengfeng ^a   Miettinen, Markku ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

calretinin; desmoid; immunohistochemistry; keratins; myofibroblast; nodular fasciitis; proliferative fasciitis; solitary fibrous tumor

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; KERATIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS; FIBROMATOSIS; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; METABOLISM; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FASCIITIS; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; KERATINS; MYOFIBROMA; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMORS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 84865451797     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182556def     Document Type: Article

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