Pigmented neuroendocrine tumor of the lung, showing neuromelanin

Pathology International

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 734-739

  Iihara, Kuniko ^a   Yamaguchi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Fujioka, Yasunori ^a   Uno, Sumiko ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuromelanin; Pigmented neuroendocrine tumor; Pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; NEUROMELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MELANOSOME; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

CARCINOID TUMOR; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PIGMENTATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036457315     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2002.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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