Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 153-159 , June 2007

Superficial primitive neuroectodermal tumor/Ewing sarcoma (PN/ES): same tumor as deep PN/ES or new entity?

  • Torsten Ehrig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dermatopathology Laboratory of New England, Meriden, CT 06450, USA
    • ,
  • Steven D. Billings

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • ,
  • Julie C. Fanburg-Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departments of Orthopaedic and Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Soft Tissue Tumors, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA.

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doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.12.019

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 153-159 , June 2007

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