Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor: A neoplasm distinct from choriocarcinoma and placental site trophoblastic tumor simulating carcinoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1393-1403

  Shih, Ie Ming ^a   Kurman, Robert J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Chorionic type; Epithelioid trophoblast tumor; Intermediate trophoblast; Mel CAM; Placental site; Trophoblastic tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL COUNT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, PLACENTAL SITE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031738998     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199811000-00010     Document Type: Article

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