Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma arising in the pleural cavity

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 191-194

  Kozu, Yoshiki ^a   Isaka, Mitsuhiro ^a   Ohde, Yasuhisa ^a   Takeuchi, Kengo ^b   Nakajima, Takashi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma; Inflammatory myofibrobrastic tumor; Pleural cavity; Ran binding protein 2 anaplastic lymphoma kinase

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYBRID PROTEIN; RAN BINDING PROTEIN 2 ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE FUSION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA CAVITY EPITHELIOID INFLAMMATORY MYOFIBROBLASTIC SARCOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SARCOMA;

EID: 84895880906     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-013-0204-x     Document Type: Article

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