Malignant hepatic angiomyolipoma: Report of a case and review of literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 793-798

  Nguyen, Thong T ^a   Gorman, Blythe ^b   Shields, David ^c   Goodman, Zachary ^d  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c University Community Hospital Tampa   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; CD 117; HMB 45; Malignant hepatic angiomyolipoma; Melan A; S100; SMA

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY; DESMIN; FETOPROTEIN; INHIBIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 42649114800     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181607349     Document Type: Article

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