Anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation: A report of two cases

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 446, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-51

  Carda, Carmen ^a   Ferrer, Jaime ^a   Vilanova, Marien ^a   Peydró, Amando ^a   Llombart Bosch, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaplastic carcinoma thyroid; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCITONIN; FAT DROPLET; MYOSIN; THYROGLOBULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGLOBIN; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13144281744     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1123-0     Document Type: Article

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