Primary hepatic clear cell myomelanocytic tumor: Case report and review of the literature

APMIS

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1454-1459

  Larbcharoensub, Noppadol ^a   Karnsombut, Patcharee ^a   Jatchavala, Janjira ^a   Wasutit, Yodying ^a   Nitiyanant, Prawat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clear cell myomelanocytic tumor; Liver; PEComa; Perivascular epithelioid cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; DESMIN; GLYCOGEN; MELAN A; MUSCLE SPECIFIC ACTIN; PROTEIN HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HEPATIC CLEAR CELL MYOMELANOCYTIC TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER TUMOR; MELANOSOME; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 37549016007     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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