Clear Cell "Sugar" Tumor of the Pancreas: A Novel Member of the Family of Lesions Characterized by the Presence of Perivascular Epithelioid Cells

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 722-730

  Zamboni, Giuseppe ^a,b   Pea, Maurizio ^a   Martignoni, Guido ^a   Zancanaro, Carlo ^a   Faccioli, Giuseppe ^c   Gilioli, Eliana ^c   Pederzoli, Paolo ^b   Bonetti, Franco ^a  

^a Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Bussolengo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clear cell "sugar" tumor; Clear cell tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Melanoma markers; Pancreas; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PANCREAS TUMOR; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029993485     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199606000-00010     Document Type: Article

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