Epithelioid angiomyolipoma of the liver with striking giant cell component: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy findings of a rare neoplasm

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-194

  Alatassi, Houda ^a   Sahoo, Sunati ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Cytology; Epithelioid; Hepatic

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

ACTIN; KERATIN; MELANOMA SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ACTINS; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; KERATINS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64249088413     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20979     Document Type: Article

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