Sustentaculoma: Report of a case of a distinctive neoplasm of the adrenal medulla

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-273

  Lau, Sean K ^a   Romansky, Stephen G ^b   Weiss, Lawrence M ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; S 100 protein; Sustentacular cell

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENAL MEDULLA TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; SUSTENTACULAR CELL; SUSTENTACULOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ADRENAL DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TUMOR MARKER;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL MEDULLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645214925     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000178095.07513.38     Document Type: Article

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