Liposarcomas of the mediastinum and thorax: A clinicopathologic and molecular cytogenetic study of 24 cases, emphasizing unusual and diverse histologic features

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1395-1403

  Boland, Jennifer M ^a   Colby, Thomas V ^b   Folpe, Andrew L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Liposarcoma; mediastinum; thorax

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE M; DDIT3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 153; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CHOP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865480681     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182562bc1     Document Type: Article

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