Mediastinal epithelioid hemangioendothelioma with abundant spindle cells and osteoclast-like giant cells mimicking malignant fibrous histiocytoma

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Li, Xiao Man ^a   Lin, Xu Yong ^a   Xu, Hong Tao ^a   Yu, Juan Han ^a   Wang, Liang ^a   Fan, Chui Feng ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Wang, En Hua ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Mediastinum; Osteoclast like giant cells

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GIANT CELL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEOCLAST; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GIANT CELLS; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEOCLASTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879108847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-8-103     Document Type: Article

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