Primary sinonasal choriocarcinoma

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-100

  Bell, Diana M ^a   Porras, Gioconda ^b   Tortoledo, Maria Eugenia ^b   Luna, Mario A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Clinica Avila Caracas   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Germ cell tumors; Sinonasal

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; KERATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; CHORIOCARCINOMA, NON-GESTATIONAL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62149131450     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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