EWSR1 genetic rearrangements in salivary gland tumors: A specific and very common feature of hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 571-578

  Shah, Akeesha A ^a   Legallo, Robin D ^a   Van Zante, Annemieke ^b   Frierson, Henry F ^a   Mills, Stacey E ^a   Berean, Kenneth W ^c   Mentrikoski, Mark J ^a   Stelow, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

EWSR1; fluorescence in situ hybridization; hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma; myoepithelioma; salivary gland; tongue

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; EWSR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HYALIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYOEPITHELIOMA; PATHOLOGY; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; HYALIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84875226277     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182772a15     Document Type: Article

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