Carcinomalike monotypic epithelioid angiomyolipoma in patients without evidence of tuberous sclerosis: A clinicopathologic and genetic study

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 663-672

  Martignoni, G ^b   Pea, M ^b   Bonetti, F ^a   Zamboni, G ^b   Carbonara, C ^b   Longa, L ^b   Zancanaro, C ^b   Maran, M ^b   Brisigotti, M ^b   Mariuzzi, G M ^b  

^a Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; HMB45; Kidney tumors; Loss of heterozygosity; Perivascular epithelioid cells; Renal cell carcinoma; TSC2; Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CHROMOSOME DELETION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0031868747     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199806000-00003     Document Type: Article

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