Pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma of the prostate

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 683-685

  Lopez Beltran, Antonio ^a   Eble, John N ^b   Bostwick, David C ^c  

^a Universidad de Cordoba   (Spain)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTWICK LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KERATIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, GIANT CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 18144418914     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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