Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the tunica vaginalis of the testis with an adjacent uterus-like tissue

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 641-647

  Tulunay, Özden ^a   Göǧüş, Çaǧatay ^a   Baltaci, Sümer ^a   Bulut, Şafak ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clear cell adenocarcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Paratestis; Tunica vaginalis testis; Uterus like tissue

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MESOTHELIOMA; MESOTHELIUM; METAPLASIA; METASTASIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETE TESTIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STROMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; UTERUS; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERUS;

EID: 4344679770     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01675.x     Document Type: Article

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