Glomus tumor of the kidney: A report of 3 cases involving renal parenchyma and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 585-591

  Al Ahmadie, Hikmat A ^a   Yilmaz, Asli ^b   Olgac, Semra ^a   Reuter, Victor E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glomangioma; Glomangiomyoma; Glomus tumor; Kidney; Mesenchymal tumor

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CD34 SELECTION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLOMUS TUMOR; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEPHRECTOMY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34147179099     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213373.64053.41     Document Type: Article

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