A case of atypical granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis

Pathology International

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 568-573

  Kasashima, Satomi ^a   Oda, Yoshio ^a   Nozaki, Jun Ichi ^b   Shirasaki, Masaki ^b   Nakanishi, Isao ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kaga Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical; Granular cell tumor; Neurohypophysis

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033863345     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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