Malignant renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma with aggressive behavior and distant metastasis

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 303-306

  Lin, Wen Chiung ^a,b   Wang, Jia Hwia ^a,b   Wei, Chao Jung ^a,b   Pan, Chin Chen ^a,b   Chang, Cheng Yen ^a,b,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignant renal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPITHELIOID CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEPHRECTOMY; TUMOR NECROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0142091118     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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