Clear cell tumor of the lung: An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study supporting a pericytic differentiation

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1001-1008

  Lantuejoul, Sylvie ^a   Isaac, Sylvie ^b   Pinel, Nicole ^a   Negoescu, Adrien ^a   Guibert, Benoit ^b   Brambilla, Elisabeth ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

CD 34; Clear cell tumor; Electron microscopy; HMB 45; Lung; Pericyte; Sugar tumor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; KERATIN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEINS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030732751     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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