Seminoma with tubular, microcystic, and related patterns: A study of 28 cases of unusual morphologic variants that often cause confusion with yolk sac tumor

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 500-505

  Ulbright, Thomas M ^a,c   Young, Robert H ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcysts; Seminoma; Spaces; Tubules

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; SEMINOMA; TUMOR CELL; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 15744375608     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000155146.60670.3f     Document Type: Article

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