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Review
. 2010 Dec;10(4):400-4.

Epithelioid sarcoma in a child presenting as a submandibular mass

S Al-Salam  1 , M Al Ashari
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Review

Epithelioid sarcoma in a child presenting as a submandibular mass

S Al-Salam et al. Afr Health Sci. 2010 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Epithelioid sarcoma; Paediatric; Soft tissue sarcoma; Submandibular.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A - showing the nodularity of epithelioid sarcoma (thick arrow) with areas of necrosis arrow head) H&E X 100 B - showing large polygonal cells with epithelioid appearance (thick arrows)and abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm palisading around areas of necrosis (arrow head)and simulating a granulomatous process, H&E, X400, C — showing diffuse brown cytoplasmic immunoreactivity to cytokeratin (arrow head), strepavidin-biotin- immunoperoxidase, X400, D - showing brown membranous and cytoplasmic immunoreactivity to epithelial membrane antigen(arrow head), strepavidin-biotin-immunoperoxidase, X400.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A - diffuse brown cytoplasmic immunoreactivity to vimentin(arrow head), strepavidin-biotin-immunoperoxidase X400, B - diffuse brown cytoplasmic immunoreactivity to CD34(arrow head), strepavidin-biotin- immunoperoxidase, X400, C- diffuse brown cytoplasmic immunoreactivity to neuron specific enolase (arrow head), strepavidin-biotin- immunoperoxidase, X400, D- brown membranous and cytoplasmic immunoreactivity to CD138 (arrow head), strepavidin-biotin- immunoperoxidase, X1000.
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