Heavily pigmented renal cell carcinoma: A case report, with review of the literature and differential diagnosis

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-169

  Rossi, Giulio ^a   Cadioli, Annamaria ^a   Costantini, Matteo ^a   Grazia Del Buono, Maria ^a   Oleari, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Carcinoma; Cytokeratin; HMB45; Kidney; Melanin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL GRANULE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEOLUS; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KERATINS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 62849099255     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908316787     Document Type: Article

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