Myxoid and sclerosing sarcomatoid transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 25 cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 908-916

  Jones, Edward C ^a,c   Young, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Myxoid change; Sarcomatoid carcinoma; Sclerosis; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD15 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SPINDLE CELL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030749377     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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