Immunohistochemistry of unclassified sex cord-stromal tumors of the testis with a predominance of spindle cells

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 693-700

  Renshaw, Andrew A ^a   Gordon, Melissa ^b   Corless, Christopher L ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulosa cell tumors; Immunohistochemistry; Sex cord stromal tumor; Testicular neoplasms; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FIBROMA; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CORD TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ACTINS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; S100 PROTEINS; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030847870     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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