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===General===
===General===
*Does not arise from cartilage.<ref>WMSP P.627.</ref>
*Does not arise from cartilage.<ref>WMSP P.627.</ref>
*Young adults or adolescents.
*There is some debate whether the translocation is diagnostic.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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Images:
Images:
*[http://www.scielo.br/img/revistas/ibju/v30n3/3a06f03.jpg Synovial sarcoma (scielo.br)].
*[http://www.scielo.br/img/revistas/ibju/v30n3/3a06f03.jpg Synovial sarcoma (scielo.br)].
*[http://www.humpath.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=1965 Synovial sarcoma - collection of images (humpath.com)].
===IHC===
Features:<ref>WMSP P.627.</ref>
*Vimentin +ve + cytokeratin and/or EMA +ve.
*CD99 +ve.
Others:
*Beta-catenin +ve ~70%.<ref name=pmid16740029>{{cite journal |author=Horvai AE, Kramer MJ, O'Donnell R |title=Beta-catenin nuclear expression correlates with cyclin D1 expression in primary and metastatic synovial sarcoma: a tissue microarray study |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=130 |issue=6 |pages=792–8 |year=2006 |month=June |pmid=16740029 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Cyclin D1 ~50%.<ref name=pmid16740029/>
===Molecular pathology===
Unique translocation:
*t(X;18)(p11.2;q11.2).<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/300813 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/300813]. Accessed on: 30 May 2010.</ref>


=See also=
=See also=
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