Signet-ring stromal tumor of the ovary: An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study with a review of the literature

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Matsumoto, Manabu ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^b   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^c   Ikegami, Nobuo ^b   Toi, Makoto ^a   Iguchi, Mitsuko ^a   Hiroi, Makoto ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MATSUYAMA SHIMIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyaline globule like structures; Immunohistochemistry; Ovary; Signet ring stromal tumor; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SIGNET RING STROMAL TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 52449124178     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-008-0404-0     Document Type: Article

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