1989
Solitary cutaneous plexiform neurilemmoma (schwannoma): a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of 11 cases.
Kao G, Laskin W, Olsen T. Solitary cutaneous plexiform neurilemmoma (schwannoma): a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of 11 cases. Modern Pathology 1989, 2: 20-6. PMID: 2493641.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenign peripheral nerve sheath tumorsRare benign peripheral nerve sheath tumorPeripheral nerve sheath tumorsTumor cellsGlial fibrillary acid proteinSpindle-shaped tumor cellsNerve sheath tumorsNeuron-specific enolasePlexiform growth patternDistinct cytoplasmic bordersSpindle-shaped cellsVon Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosisMedian agePatient ageSheath tumorsPainful nodulesClinicopathologic correlationNerve fibersMyxoid stromaSchwann cellsNodular variantNuclear palisadingGross examinationVerocay bodiesCytoplasmic borders
1988
Postradiation soft tissue sarcomas: An analysis of 53 cases
Laskin W, Silverman T, Enzinger F. Postradiation soft tissue sarcomas: An analysis of 53 cases. Cancer 1988, 62: 2330-2340. PMID: 3179948, DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19881201)62:11<2330::aid-cncr2820621113>3.0.co;2-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignant fibrous histiocytomaLatency periodMegavoltage radiationTime of diagnosisMean radiation doseSoft tissue sarcomasTypes of sarcomasShort latency periodAdministered radiationClinical characteristicsPatient ageSecondary sarcomaClinicopathologic featuresDismal prognosisExtraskeletal osteosarcomaPatient survivalTissue sarcomasMalignant schwannomaOrthovoltage radiationFibrous histiocytomaExtraskeletal chondrosarcomaSex incidenceMalignant processPatientsSarcoma