Multicentric aggressive angiomyolipomas: A rare form of PEComas

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 837-840

  Lai, Hsin Yi ^a   Chen, Chi Kuan ^a,b   Lee, Ying Hsuan ^a   Tsai, Po Pang ^a   Chen, Jeon Hor ^a,c   Shen, Wu Chung ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Epitheloid cell; Kidney; PEComas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG SURGERY; MESENCHYMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL DIFFERENTIATION TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; KIDNEY TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645818753     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1639     Document Type: Article

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