title: Immunohistochemical analysis of soft tissue sarcomas. Comparisons with electron microscopy.
abstract: Soft tissue sarcomas are capable of causing diagnostic bewilderment for the surgical pathologist, because of their diversity of differentiation and overlapping histologic appearances. Immunohistochemical studies provide a means whereby this confusion can be resolved in many cases, and electron microscopy also may play a useful role in this process. This overview presents a summary of results of these 2 adjuvant modalities of pathologic analysis, as applied to the spectrum of malignant soft tissue neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wick
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Manivel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009380:Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology