Diagnostic problems in anal pathology

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 263-278

  Longacre, Teri A ^a   Kong, Christina S ^a   Welton, Mark L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal carcinoma; Anal dysplasia; Anal intraepithelial neoplasia; Buschke and Lowenstein; Condyloma acuminatum; HPV; Human papilloma virus; p16; ProEx C; Verrucous carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; IMIQUIMOD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANAL CANAL; ANAL CONDYLOMA; ANOPLASTY; ANUS CANCER; ANUS CARCINOMA; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS INTERCOURSE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONDYLOMA; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPLASIA; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MELANOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TYPING; WART VIRUS; ANUS TUMOR; GENETICS; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, VERRUCOUS; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 54449086932     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e318183234b     Document Type: Review

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