Monotypic epithelioid angiomyolipoma of the liver

Histopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 451-456

  Yamasaki, S ^a,b   Tanaka, S ^b   Fujii, H ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a   Okuda, C ^b   Watanabe, G ^b   Suda, K ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Epithelioid cells; HMB45; Liver; Loss of heterozygosity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; MARKER; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ALLELE; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MELANOGENESIS; MYOFILAMENT; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0034023491     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2000.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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