Angiomyxoid tumor with an intermediate feature between cellular angiofibroma and angiomyofibroblastoma in the male inguinal region

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 768-772

  Hara, Noboru ^a,b   Kawaguchi, Makoto ^b   Koike, Hiroshi ^b   Nishiyama, Tsutomu ^a   Takahashi, Kota ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Niigata Rousai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiomyxoid neoplasm; Immunopathological profiling; Tumorigenesis in mesenchymal cells

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLASTOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FIBROBLAST; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOFIBROMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESODERM; MYXOMA; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 28444484091     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01148.x     Document Type: Article

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