Oncocytic adrenocortical neoplasms: A report of seven cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 603-614

  Lin, Bryan T Y ^a   Bonsib, Stephen M ^b   Mierau, Gary W ^c   Weiss, Lawrence M ^a   Medeiros, L Jeffrey ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; DNA ploidy; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Oncocytoma

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; KERATIN; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBEDDING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; ONCOCYTOMA; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0031896638     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199805000-00012     Document Type: Article

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