Juvenile granulosa cell tumor of the infantile testis: Evidence of a dual epithelial-smooth muscle differentiation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-79

  Perez Atayde, Antonio R ^a   Joste, Nancy ^a   Mulhern, Howard ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Cytokeratin; Desmin; Desmosomes; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Infant; Intermediate filaments; Muscle cell junctions; Neonate; Neoplasm; Sex cord stromal tumor; Testis; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESMOSOME; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORCHIECTOMY; SPINDLE CELL; TESTIS SIZE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EPITHELIUM; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0030050968     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199601000-00008     Document Type: Article

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