Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET) of the kidney: A case report

BMC Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Pomara, Giorgio ^a   Cappelo, Francesco ^b   Cuttanno, Maria G ^a   Rappa, Francesca ^b   Morelli, Girolamo ^a   Mancini, Pierantonio ^a   Selli, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Ewing's Sarcoma; Renal PNET; Rhabdomyosarcoma tumor; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CD99 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; DOXORUBICIN; EOSIN; ETOPOSIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; IFOSFAMIDE; KERATIN; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KIDNEY TUMOR; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE, PERIPHERAL;

EID: 3042755033     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-4-3     Document Type: Article

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