Sex cord-stromal tumors of the testis with entrapped germ cells: A lesion mimicking unclassified mixed germ cell sex cord-stromal tumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 535-542

  Ulbright, Thomas M ^a,g   Srigley, John R ^b,c   Reuter, Victor E ^d   Wojno, Kirk ^e   Roth, Lawrence M ^a   Young, Robert H ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrapped germ cells; Mixed germ cell sex cord stromal tumor; Sex cord stromal tumor; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX CORD TUMOR; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034033978     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200004000-00007     Document Type: Article

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