Combined morphologic and karyotypic study of 28 myxoid liposarcomas: Implications for a revised morphologic typing (a report from the CHAMP group)

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1047-1055

  Tallini, Giovanni ^d   Akerman, Mans ^a   Dal Cin, Paola ^b   DeWever, Ivo ^b   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^e   Mandahl, Nils ^a   Mertens, Fredrik ^a   Mitelman, Felix ^a   Rosai, Juan ^c   Rydholm, Anders ^a   Sciot, Raf ^b   Van Den Berghe, Herman ^b   Van Den Ven, Wim ^b   Vanni, Roberta ^a,f   Willen, Helena ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Cytogenetic analysis; Differential diagnosis; Genetic markers; Myxoid liposarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYXOSARCOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LIPOSARCOMA, MYXOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 9444283827     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199609000-00002     Document Type: Article

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