Angiosarcoma of the parotid gland with a t(12;22) translocation creating a EWSR1-ATF1 fusion: A diagnostic dilemma

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 452-454

  Gru, Alejandro Ariel ^a   Becker, Nils ^a   Pfeifer, John D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; EWING SARCOMA BREAKPOINT REGION 1 ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 FUSION PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100; RNA BINDING PROTEIN EWS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MELANOMA; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84876780473     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201433     Document Type: Letter

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