Aberrant leukocyte common antigen expression in metastatic small cell lung carcinoma: A rare finding and a potential diagnostic pitfall

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 236-238

  Houreih, Mohammad Adib ^a   Eyden, Brian P ^a   Reeve, Norman ^b   Sankar Banerjee, S ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CD45 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; LEUCINE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA; CELL DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD45; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34249695465     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e318031c265     Document Type: Letter

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