Urothelial carcinoma with villoglandular differentiation: A study of 14 cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1280-1286

  Lim, Matthew ^a   Adsay, N Volkan ^a   Grignon, David ^b   Osunkoya, Adeboye O ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive urothelial carcinoma; Villoglandular differentiation

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 70349675678     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2009.97     Document Type: Article

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