The utility of microscopic findings and immunohistochemistry in the classification of necrotic testicular tumors: A study of 11 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1293-1298

  Miller, Jeremy S ^a   Lee, Thomas K ^a   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a   Ulbright, Thomas M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Necrotic; Regressed; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CD30 ANTIGEN; KERATIN; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NECROSIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGIST; SEMINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTIGENS, CD30; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; ORCHIECTOMY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249122796     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181a3166d     Document Type: Article

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