Immunohistochemical assessment of a testicular tumor in a 63-year-old patient: Proposal for an integrated clinicopathologic approach

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-100

  Weirich, Gregor ^a   Nährig, Jörg ^a   Treiber, Uwe ^a   Hartmann, Carmen ^a   Hartung, Rudolf ^a   Höfler, Heinz ^a   Fend, Falko ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Testicular tumor

Indexed keywords

CANCER ANTIBODY; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0037346854     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129039-200303000-00016     Document Type: Article

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