Ovarian endometrioid carcinomas simulating sex cord-stromal tumors: A study using inhibin and cytokeratin 7

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-271

  Guerrieri, Claudio ^a   Frånlund, Birgitta ^b   Malmström, Henric ^b   Boeryd, Bernt ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Endometrioid carcinoma; Granulosa cell tumor; Inhibin; Ovary; Sertoli Leydig cell tumor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; INHIBIN;

ANDROBLASTOMA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SIMULATION; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CORD TUMOR; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0345515974     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-199807000-00012     Document Type: Article

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