Microcystic meningioma arising in a mixed germ cell tumor of the testis: A case report

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1131-1135

  Allen, Elizabeth A ^a   Burger, Peter C ^a   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcystic meningioma; Teratoma; Testicular tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; MENINGIOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032862463     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199909000-00018     Document Type: Article

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