Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma with aggressive histomorphology-a sarcomatoid variant

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 966-969

  Pillay, Nischalan ^a   Ramdial, Pratistadevi K ^a   Cooper, Kumarasen ^b   Batuule, David ^c  

^a INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c St Aidan's Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma; Sarcomatoid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MUCINOUS TUBULAR AND SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 44649153492     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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