Spindle-cell rhabdomyosarcoma of the thumb: Rare site, rare tumor in a child

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1094-1097

  Mahana, Sonam ^a   Tomar, Reena ^a   Agarwal, Anil ^a   Sharma, Divya ^a,b   Khurana, Nita ^a,b   Gupta, Ruchika ^a  

^a Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya ^*  (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

aspiration cytology; pediatric; rhabdomyosarcoma; spindle cell; thumb

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOLUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; SWELLING; THUMB; TUMOR VOLUME; PATHOLOGY; RARE DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RARE DISEASES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THUMB;

EID: 84982965925     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.23552     Document Type: Article

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