Carcinoma of the thyroid with Ewing family tumor elements and favorable prognosis: Report of a second case

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 260-265

  Eloy, Catarina ^a,b   Oliveira, Mário ^c   Vieira, Joana ^d   Teixeira, Manuel R ^b,d   Cruz, João ^e   Sobrinho Simões, Manuel ^a,b  

^a Universidade do Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^d PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^e CUF Descobertas Hospital   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CD99; EWSR FLI1; small cell tumor; thyroid; thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD99 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN P63; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN EWS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1; EWSR1-FLI1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CANCER CELL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID WITH EWING FAMILY TUMOR ELEMENT; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CYTOPLASM; EWING SARCOMA; EWSR1 GENE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISTHMECTOMY; LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1 GENE; TUMOR INVASION; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; THYROID TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROGNOSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899512365     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896913486696     Document Type: Article

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