Mesothelial glandular structures within pseudosarcomatous proliferative funiculitis - A diagnostic pitfall: Report of 17 cases

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-56

  Michal, Michal ^a   Hes, Ondrej ^a   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adenomatoid tumor; Mesothelial glandular inclusions; Proliferative funiculitis; Pseudosarcomatous myofibroblastic proliferation; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN ANTIBODY; SM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESMOSOME; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MESOTHELIAL GLANDULAR STRUCTURES WITHIN PSEUDOSARCOMATOUS PROLIFERATIVE FUNICULITIS; MESOTHELIOMA; MESOTHELIUM; MICROFILAMENT; MICROVILLUS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOSARCOMA; SPERMATIC CORD; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37549037137     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896907307235     Document Type: Article

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