Leiomyomatoid angiomatous neuroendocrine tumor (LANT) of the pituitary: A distinctive biphasic neoplasm with primitive secretory phenotype and smooth muscle-rich stroma

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-283

  Vajtai, Istvan ^a   Sahli, Rahel ^b   Kappeler, Andreas ^a   Christ, Emanuel R ^b   Seiler, Rolf W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actin; Biphasic tumor; Paraganglioma; Pituitary adenoma; Stroma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CABERGOLINE; CALCITONIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; SEROTONIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SOMATOSTATIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABELING INDEX; MITOSIS RATE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTINS; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; STROMAL CELLS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 33645581712     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0051-2     Document Type: Article

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