Tuberous sclerosis complex presenting as a pulmonary solitary nodule [5]

Histopathology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 769-771

  Rossi, G ^a   Cavazza, A ^b   Casali, C ^a   Cesinaro, A M ^a   Cinquantini, F ^a   Morandi, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ACTINS; DESMIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 33645968444     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02363.x     Document Type: Letter

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