Tumor-to-tumor metastases to follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: Histologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular studies of two unusual cases

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Yu, Jing ^a   Nikiforova, Marina N ^a   Hodak, Steven P ^b   Yim, John H ^a   Cai, Guoping ^a   Walls, Andrew ^a   Nikiforov, Yuri E ^a   Seethala, Raja R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma; Metastatic breast carcinoma; Metastatic renal cell carcinoma; Tumor to tumor metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER TISSUE; CARCINOMA CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR TO TUMOR METASTASIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GALECTIN 3; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NEPRILYSIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 70449535631     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-009-9087-x     Document Type: Article

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