Incompletely differentiated (unclassified) sex cord/gonadal stromal tumor of the testis with a "pure" spindle cell component: Report of a case with diagnostic and histogenetic considerations

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 203, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 759-762

  Magro, Gaetano ^a   Gurrera, Alessandra ^a   Gangemi, Piero ^a   Saita, Alberto ^a   Greco, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sex cord gonadal stromal tumors spindle cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD99 ANTIGEN; INHIBIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GONADAL CELL TUMOR; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SEX CORD TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL; TESTIS TUMOR;

EID: 34548602553     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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