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Clinicopathologic features and BRAF mutation status of tracheal glomus tumors - Characterization of 4 cases and the distinction from low-grade neuroendocrine tumors.
Annals of diagnostic pathology - 1 Dec 2021
Lin Jie, Luo Jie, Chen Huang, Li Zhiyuan, Shi Yanfen, Sun Hongliang, Zhang Zhenrong, Zhou Guowu, Zhong Dingrong
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BACKGROUND: Glomus tumors are uncommon and mostly benign mesenchymal neoplasms of the perivascular family. To date, only a few cases of glomus tumors occurring in the trachea have been reported. Tracheal glomus tumors simulated low-grade neuroendocrine tumors on clinical and histomorphological examination, so the differential diagnosis between these two entities is very necessary. The latest studies showed that...
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