Melanotic clear cell epithelioid angiomyolipoma: A rare entity and a mimic of clear cell renal carcinoma [4]

Histopathology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-394

  Goyal, R ^a   Joshi, K ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Radotra, B D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MELANOTIC CLEAR CELL EPITHELIOID ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MELANOCYTES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEPHRECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846529085     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02586.x     Document Type: Letter

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