An immunohistochemical study of cervical neuroendocrine carcinomas: Neoplasms that are commonly TTF1 positive and which may express CK20 and P63

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-532

  McCluggage, W Glenn ^a   Kennedy, Kathryn ^a   Busam, Klaus J ^b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; CK20; Immunohistochemistry; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; P63; TTF1

Indexed keywords

CKAP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOKERATIN 20; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TTF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-20; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950241708     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181d1d457     Document Type: Article

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