Monotypic epithelioid angiomyolipoma of the kidney: A case report

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1240-1242

  Morioka, Masaaki ^a   Kinugawa, Keigo ^a   Funabiki, Sadami ^a   Matsuda, Tadakazu ^a   Furukawa, Yoji ^b   Wani, Yoji ^c  

^a Matsuda Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kasaoka Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kurashiki Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; c KIT; HMB 45; Monotypic epithelioid variant; Perivascular epithelioid cell

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN HMB 45; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY NECROSIS; KIDNEY TUMOR; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPLEEN; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748785146     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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