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Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcomas do not show a chondrocytic phenotype.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Feb 2004
Aigner Thomas, Oliveira André M, Nascimento Antonio G
Abstract excerpt
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma is a rare mesenchymal soft-tissue malignancy of putative chondrocytic differentiation. Occasional overt cartilage formation, positivity for S-100 protein, and ultrastructural analysis have supported this view. However, most extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcomas do not show chondroid tissue formation, and S-100 protein is found much less commonly than has been reported. Both...
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