Pituicytoma incidentally found at autopsy

Pathology International

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 745-749

  Takei, Hidehiro ^a,c   Goodman, J Clay ^a   Tanaka, Shinya ^b   Bhattacharjee, Meenakshi B ^a   Bahrami, Armita ^a   Powell, Suzanne Z ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Immunohistochemistry; Incidentaloma; Pituicytoma

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR;

ANTIGENS, CD56; AUTOPSY; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; S100 PROTEINS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 28444495446     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2005.01890.x     Document Type: Article

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