Diagnostic pitfalls of differentiating desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) from Wilms tumor (WT): Overlapping morphologic and immunohistochemical features

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1220-1226

  Arnold, Michael A ^a   Schoenfield, Lynn ^a   Limketkai, Berkeley N ^b   Arnold, Christina A ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokeratin; desmin; desmoplastic small round cell tumor; Wilms tumor

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; EWS1 WT1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; EWS1-WT1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; KERATIN; ONCOPROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER; WT1 PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TUMOR; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS;

BIOPSY; DESMIN; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; WILMS TUMOR; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 84906794336     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000231     Document Type: Article

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