Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with skeletal muscle differentiation: Report of three cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-230

  Eusebi, Vincenzo ^c   Damiani, Stefania ^d   Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^d   Lorenzini, Paolo ^a   Reuter, Victor E ^b   Rosai, Juan ^b  

^a General Hospital   (Italy)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Sarcomatoid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; MYOGENIN; MYOGLOBIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOFILAMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CHROMOGRANINS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033952816     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200002000-00008     Document Type: Article

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