C-Kit-positive metastatic malignant pigmented clear-cell epithelioid tumor arising from the kidney in a child without tuberous sclerosis

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 330-334

  Yu, Weiming ^a   Fraser, Robert B ^a   Gaskin, David A ^a   Fernandez, Conrad V ^b   Wright Jr , James R ^a  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

C Kit; Epithelioid angiomyolipoma; Kidney; Malignant PEComa

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; RETROPERITONEUM; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 27944482901     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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