Microcystic urothelial cell carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation arising in renal pelvis. Report of a case

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 454, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-227

  Pacchioni, Donatella ^a   Bosco, Martino ^a   Allia, Elena ^a   Mussa, Baudolino ^a   Mikuz, Gregor ^b   Bussolati, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Microcystic variant; Neuroendocrine differentiation; Urothelial cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN P63; THROMBOMODULIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; KIDNEY PELVIS; LUNG; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MICROCYSTIC UROTHELIAL CELL CARCINOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 59849114631     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0693-7     Document Type: Article

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