Myoepithelioma of the lung: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Lung Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-56

  Higashiyama, Masahiko ^a   Kodama, Ken ^a   Yokouchi, Hideoki ^a   Takami, Koji ^a   Kabuto, Toshiyuki ^a   Tsuji, Naoko ^a   Mano, Masayuki ^a   Ishiguro, Shingo ^a   Ueda, Takafumi ^a   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a   Tatsuta, Masayuki ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Sakai City Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distant metastasis; Lung; Myoepithelial tumor; Myoepithelioma; Plasmacytoid cell; Spindle shaped cell; Squamous differentiation

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS TUMOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; MYOEPITHELIOMA; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA;

EID: 0031693565     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(98)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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