Nonneoplastic signet-ring cells in the gallbladder and uterine cervix. A potential source of overdiagnosis

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-331

  Ragazzi, Moira ^a   Carbonara, Carolina ^b   Rosai, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c Centro Diagnostico Italiano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Nonneoplastic signet ring cell change; Signet ring cells; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER MUCOSA; GOBLET CELL; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; POLYP; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SIGNET RING CELL; ULCER; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CERVIX UTERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; POLYPS; ULCER; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59049084564     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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