Schwannoma of the adrenal gland: Report of two cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 630-634

  Lau, Sean K ^a   Spagnolo, Dominic V ^b   Weiss, Lawrence M ^a  

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

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; S 100; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DESMIN; KERATIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; RARE DISEASE; SPINDLE CELL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURILEMMOMA; SARCOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745022666     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000194739.80174.26     Document Type: Article

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