Retiform uterine tumours resembling ovarian sex cord tumours. A comparative immunohistochemical study with retiform structures of the female genital tract

Histopathology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-477

  Nogales, Francisco F ^a,e   Stolnicu, Simona ^b   Harilal, Kadappayil R ^c   Mooney, Eoghan ^d   García Galvis, Olga F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Department of Histopathology   (India)

^d NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Rete ovarii; Retiform; Sex cord like; Uterus; Wolffian

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INHIBIN; CALRETININ; CD56 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 7; INHIBIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; OVARIAN RETIFORM AREAS OF SERTOLI LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETIFORM UTERINE TUMOR; RETIFORM WOLFFIAN ADNEXAL TUMOR; SEX CORD TUMOR; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD56; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; KERATIN-7; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-1; NEPRILYSIN; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SERTOLI-LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

WOLFFIA;

EID: 62149115963     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03244.x     Document Type: Article

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