Epithelioid cell histiocytoma with SQSTM1-ALK fusion: a case report

Epithelioid cell histiocytoma with SQSTM1-ALK fusion: a case report

Abstract Background Epithelioid cell histiocytoma (ECH), which is also known as epithelioid benign fibrous histiocytoma, has been classified as a rare variant of fibrous histiocytoma (FH). However, the recent detection of ALK protein expression and/or ALK gene rearrangement in ECH suggests that it m...

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Main Authors: Ryuko Nakayama, Yuki Togashi, Satoko Baba, Yo Kaku, Yuki Teramoto, Takaki Sakurai, Hironori Haga, Kengo Takeuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
Subjects:
Epithelioid cell histiocytoma
Fibrous histiocytoma
ALK gene rearrangement
SQSTM1-ALK gene fusion
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-018-0704-1

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