Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma: Comparison of fluorescence in situ hybridization and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction as adjunct diagnostic modalities

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 137-142

  Thway, Khin ^a   Gonzalez, David ^b   Wren, Dorte ^b   Dainton, Melissa ^b   Swansbury, John ^b   Fisher, Cyril ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma; EWSR1 ATF1; EWSR1 CREB1; FUS ATF1; genetics; soft tissue tumor; translocation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; FUSED IN SARCOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EWSR1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EWSR1-ATF1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; EWSR1-CREB1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; FUS PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN FUS;

ADULT; ANGIOMATOID FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTIOCYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929290443     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: 15328198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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