Epithelioid cell histiocytoma with SQSTM1-ALK fusion: a case report

• Main Authors: Ryuko Nakayama (Author), Yuki Togashi (Author), Satoko Baba (Author), Yo Kaku (Author), Yuki Teramoto (Author), Takaki Sakurai (Author), Hironori Haga (Author), Kengo Takeuchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Epithelioid cell histiocytoma (ECH), which is also known as epithelioid benign fibrous histiocytoma, has been classified as a rare variant of fibrous histiocytoma (FH). However, the recent detection of ALK protein expression and/or ALK gene rearrangement in ECH suggests that it m...