Arias-Stella reaction as a diagnostic pitfall in a bladder biopsy with endometriosis: Case report and review of the pseudoneoplastic bladder lesions

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 205, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 653-656

  Trpkov, Kiril ^a   Guggisberg, Kelly ^a   Yilmaz, Asli ^a  

^a CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arias Stella; Bladder; Endocervicosis; Endometriosis; M llerianosis

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EOSIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HEMATOXYLIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY; PSEUDOTUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67651115512     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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