PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - DJ Evans
AU  - IA Lampert
AU  - M Jacobs
TI  - Intermediate filaments in smooth muscle tumours
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.36.1.57
DP  - 1983 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 57--61
VI  - 36
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/36/1/57.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/36/1/57.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1983 Jan 01; 36
AB  - Antisera to the intermediate filaments vimentin and desmin react with fixed paraffin embedded tissue. Benign uterine myomas contain both classes of filaments. Gastrointestinal “smooth muscle tumours” however often lack desmin even when they appear histologically benign. In the sarcomas examined vimentin was the only class of intermediate filament present. The diagnostic and histogenetic implications of these findings are discussed.