Well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung: Cytomorphologic features on fine-needle aspiration with emphasis on use of β-catenin as a useful diagnostic marker

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-42

  Proctor, Lori ^a   Folpe, Andrew L ^a   Esper, Annette ^a   Wolfenden, Linda L ^a   Force, Seth ^a   Logani, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Fine needle aspiration; Well differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG BLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RARE DISEASE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BETA CATENIN; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY BLASTOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846258181     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20583     Document Type: Article

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