A new morphological variant of uterine PEComas with sex-cord-like pattern and WT1 expression: more doubts about the existence of uterine PEComas

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-132

  Carvalho, Filomena M ^a   Carvalho, Jesus Paula ^a   Maluf, Fernando C ^b   Bacchi, Carlos E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^c Consultoria em Patologia ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epithelioid uterine tumors; Immunohistochemical; PEComas; Uterine sarcomas; WT1

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MORPHOLOGY; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM; OVARY TUMOR; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SARCOMA; SERTOLI CELL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS SARCOMA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 77649343009     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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