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Desmoplastic fibroma of bone: an immunohistochemical study including beta-catenin expression and mutational analysis for beta-catenin.
Human pathology - 1 Sept 2005
Hauben Esther I, Jundt Gernot, Cleton-Jansen Anne-Marie, Yavas Ayse, Kroon Herman M, Van Marck Eric, Hogendoorn Pancras C W
Abstract excerpt
Desmoplastic fibroma of bone is a very rare primary bone tumor morphologically resembling desmoid-type fibromatosis, its much more common counterpart of soft tissue. The aim of this study is to investigate the immunohistochemical profile and the involvement of the beta-catenin pathway in desmoplastic fibroma as it is known in desmoid-type fibromatosis. Immunohistochemistry was performed on 13 cases of...
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