Carcinoma versus cytokeratin-positive lymphoma: A case report emphasizing the diagnostic role of electron microscopy

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Eyden, Brian ^a   Chakrabarty, Bipasha ^a   Hatimy, Umi ^b  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cytokeratin; Differential diagnosis; Electronmicroscopy; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; FORMALDEHYDE; WAX;

AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGIST; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TISSUE SECTION; TONOFILAMENT; TUMOR CELL; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY;

ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 61649116716     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120802625830     Document Type: Article

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