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01-09-2020 | Liposarcoma | Case Reports

Cervical Myxoid Solitary Fibrous Tumor: Report of an Unusual Variant and a Brief Overview of the Literature

Authors: Bingcheng Wu, Sok Yan Tay, Fredrik Petersson

Published in: Head and Neck Pathology | Issue 3/2020

Abstract

We present a 49 year old female with a diagnostically challenging myxoid solitary fibrous tumor arising in the soft tissue of the neck. The tumor was diffusely positive for CD34 and STAT6 on immunohistochemistry.

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Title: Cervical Myxoid Solitary Fibrous Tumor: Report of an Unusual Variant and a Brief Overview of the Literature
Authors: Bingcheng Wu
Sok Yan Tay
Fredrik Petersson
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Liposarcoma
Sarcoma
Published in: Head and Neck Pathology / Issue 3/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1936-0568
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-019-01107-0

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