Clear cell tumor of the lung: Surgical and immunohistochemical findings

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 243-247

  Mizobuchi, Teruaki ^a,c   Masahiro, Noro ^b   Iwai, Naomichi ^a   Kohno, Hiromasa ^a   Okada, Nao ^a   Nakada, Shinichiro ^a  

^a Matsudo City Hospital   (Japan)

^b Matsudo City Hospital   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clear cell tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Lung; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SURGERY; MITOSIS RATE; PLEURA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 77953392614     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-009-0513-2     Document Type: Article

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