Myxoid variant of so-called angiomatoid "Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma": Clinicopathologic characterization in a series of 21 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 816-823

  Schaefer, Inga Marie ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomatoid; EWSR1; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Myxoid; Sarcoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; DESMIN; EWSR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUCIN 1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DESMIN; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-1; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900844615     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000172     Document Type: Article

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