Endometrial glandular and stromal breakdown, Part 3: Cytomorphology of "condensed cluster of stromal cells"

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 891-896

  Norimatsu, Yoshiaki ^a   Yuminamochi, Tsutomu ^b   Shigematsu, Yumie ^c   Yanoh, Kenji ^d   Ikemoto, Rie ^e   Masuno, Hiroshi ^a   Murakami, Manabu ^a   Kobayashi, Tadao K ^f,g  

^a EHIME PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Shigei Medical Research Hospital   (Japan)

^d SUZUKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SRL INC   (Japan)

^f Medical Care Center   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticytokeratin; CD10; Condensed stromal clusters; Diagnostic criteria; Endometrial cytology; Glandular and stromal breakdown; Immunostaining; Reniform nucleus; Wilms' tumor 1 protein

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL GLANDULAR AND STROMAL BREAKDOWN; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ANOVULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 72149128433     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21141     Document Type: Article

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