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Phenotypic characterization of histiocytes infiltrating a leiomyofibrosarcoma.
Journal of comparative pathology - 1 Feb 1999
Whyte A, Rowlinson-Busza G, Dorling A, White R
Abstract excerpt
We described previously a unique cutaneous tumour in a young pig, which was characterized by several criteria as a histiocytic leiomyofibrosarcoma. The lipid-laden macrophages (histiocytes) which permeated the tumour were CD2+/CD18+/CD49d+ but MAC387 (L1 antigen) and CD15 negative. The present study compared the phenotypes of histiocytes in tumour metastases in the liver with resident liver macrophages, revealing...
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