Epithelioid angiomyolipoma of the kidney: A report of five cases with a prominent and diagnostically confusing epithelioid smooth muscle component

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1123-1130

  Eble, John N ^a,d   Amin, Mahul B ^b   Young, Robert H ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Epithelioid cells; Immunohistochemistry; Kidney; Melanoma associated antigens

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASM PROTEINS;

EID: 0030840557     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199710000-00001     Document Type: Article

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