Squamous differentiation in a sarcomatoid chromophobe renal cell carcinoma: An unusual case report with review of the literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1672-1674

  Viswanathan, Seethalakshmi ^a   Desai, Sangeeta B ^a   Prabhu, S R ^b   Amin, Mahul B ^c  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Jagjivan Ram Hospital   (India)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY PELVIS; NEPHRECTOMY; SQUAMOUS CELL; KIDNEY TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CADHERIN;

CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 54449090286     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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