Non-neoplastic granulosa cells within ovarian vascular channels: A rare potential diagnostic pitfall

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-154

  McCluggage, W G ^a   Young, R H ^b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INHIBIN; CALRETININ; INHIBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE CYST; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MITOSIS; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY;

EID: 0842287361     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.011338     Document Type: Article

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