Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors of the head and neck: Evaluation of clinicopathologic and prognostic features

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2461-2465

  Devaney, Kenneth O ^a   LaFeir, Daniel J ^a   Triantafyllou, Asterios ^b   Mendenhall, William M ^c   Woolgar, Julia A ^b   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^d   Ferlito, Alfio ^d  

^a Allegiance Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Plasma cell granuloma; Pseudosarcomatous myofibroblastic proliferation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; CALPONIN; CD23 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; CRIZOTINIB; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DESMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOMATOID CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 84871317872     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-2026-3     Document Type: Review

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