Histologie criteria for adrenocortical proliferative lesions: Value of mitotic figure variability

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 398-408

  Blanes, Alfredo ^a   Diaz Cano, Salvador J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Adrenal cortex; Carcinoma; Diagnostic criteria; Mitotic figure variability; Nodular hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROMA CELL; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; AGED; ALGORITHM; CANCER STAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247853326     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/MCGUQ3R4A4WWN3LB     Document Type: Article

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