1998
Extrapulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: a clinical and pathological survey.
Coffin C, Humphrey P, Dehner L. Extrapulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: a clinical and pathological survey. Seminars In Diagnostic Pathology 1998, 15: 85-101. PMID: 9606801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory myofibroblastic tumorExtrapulmonary sitesAberrant inflammatory responseSoft tissue mesenchymal tumorsLow malignant potentialEpstein-Barr virusSpindle cell sarcomaSpindle cell neoplasmConstitutional symptomsInflammatory hypothesisInflammatory pseudotumorSurgical resectionInflammatory natureLocal recurrenceMyofibroblastic tumorPrognostic categoriesVascular invasionCell sarcomaPathological featuresMalignant potentialInflammatory processPathological diagnosisInflammatory responseCell neoplasmsEmbryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
1997
Clear cell neoplasms of the endocrine system and thymus.
Wick M, Ritter J, Humphrey P, Nappi O. Clear cell neoplasms of the endocrine system and thymus. Seminars In Diagnostic Pathology 1997, 14: 183-202. PMID: 9279975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndocrine systemClear cell tumorsClear cell neoplasmsPancreatic endocrine neoplasmsThymic malignanciesThymic lesionsRare lesionsCell tumorsEndocrine tumorsAdrenocortical proliferationParathyroid tumorsCell neoplasmsDifferential diagnosisPituitary adenomasSurgical pathologistsEndocrine neoplasmsSimilar lesionsNeoplasmsLesionsTumorsUltrastructural featuresLymphoid differentiationThymusDiagnosisGerm cells