Renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma - A close mimic of renal cell carcinoma. Report of a case and review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 200, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 851-856

  Švec, Alexandr ^a,c   Velenská, Zuzana ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epithelioid angiomyolipoma; Histology; Immunophenotype; Kidney; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY SARCOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MICROSCOPY; SPINDLE CELL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 13544272861     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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