Adenomatoid tumors of the female and male genital tracts: A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 44 cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1228-1235

  Sangoi, Ankur R ^a,b   McKenney, Jesse K ^a   Schwartz, Erich J ^a   Rouse, Robert V ^a   Longacre, Teri A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EL CAMINO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomatoid tumor; Caldesmon; Calretinin; D2 40; Genital tract; WT 1

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; CALRETININ; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; PROTEIN PANKERATIN; PROTEIN WT 1; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMATOID TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADENOMATOID TUMOR; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 69549138075     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2009.90     Document Type: Article

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