Epithelioid angiomyolipoma of the kidney mimicking renal sarcoma [4]

Histopathology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-435

  Belanger, E C ^a   Dhamanaskar, P K ^a   Mai, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CHROMOGRANIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; HMB 45 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CARCINOSARCOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY SARCOMA; LETTER; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; NEPHRECTOMY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CARCINOSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SARCOMA;

EID: 26444578830     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02134.x     Document Type: Letter

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