A case of endometrioid carcinoma of the fallopian tube mimicking an adnexal tumor of probable Wolffian origin. Usefulness of immunohistochemistry in the differential diagnosis

APMIS

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 550-554

  Karpuz, Vildan ^a   Berger, Sophie Diebold ^b   Burkhardt, Karim ^b   Mégevand, Eric ^b   Remadi, Sami ^b   Kapanci, Yusuf ^a  

^a Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endometrioid adenocarcinoma; Fallopian tube; Female adnexal tumor of probable Wolffian origin; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERINE TUBE TUMOR;

EID: 0032999128     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01592.x     Document Type: Article

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