Myoepithelial neoplasms involving the vulva and vagina: report of 4 cases

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1747-1753

  Meenakshi, Meenakshi ^a   McCluggage, W Glenn ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Myoepithelial carcinoma; Myoepithelioma; Vagina; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALPONIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS RATE; MYOEPITHELIAL CARCINOMA; MYOEPITHELIOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; VAGINA; VAGINA CARCINOMA; VULVA; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70449130500     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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