Pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules: New insights into a common but poorly understood entity

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-495

  Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay ^a   El Zammar, Ola A ^a   Katzenstein, Anna Luise A ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD56; Immunohistochemistry; Meningothelial like nodules; So called chemodectoma

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; CHEMODECTOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD56; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGANGLIOMA, EXTRA-ADRENAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849101899     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31818b1de7     Document Type: Article

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