Pulmonary adenocarcinomas of the fetal lung type: A clinicopathologic study indicating differences in histology, epidemiology, and natural history of low-grade and high-grade forms

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 399-411

  Nakatani, Yukio ^a   Kitamura, Hitoshi ^a,c   Inayama, Yoshiaki ^a   Kamijo, Seiko ^a   Nagashima, Yoji ^c   Shimoyama, Kiyoshi ^b   Nakamura, Nobuo ^d   Sano, Jinyu ^d   Ogawa, Nobuo ^e   Shibagaki, Tokuhiko ^e   Resl, Milan ^f   Mark, Eugene J ^g,h  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Kanagawa Pref Cardiovasc/Resp C ^*  (Japan)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

fetoprotein; Adenocarcinoma of fetal lung type; Pleuropulmonary blastoma; Pulmonary blastoma; Pulmonary endodermal tumor resembling fetal lung

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY BLASTOMA; SOMATOSTATIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0031970702     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199804000-00003     Document Type: Article

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