Colorectal granular cell tumor: A clinicopathologic study of 26 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1186-1192

  Singhi, Aatur D ^a   Montgomery, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal neoplasms; gastrointestinal stromal tumors; nerve sheath tumor

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CHEMISTRY; COLON; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BIOPSY; COLECTOMY; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; S100 PROTEINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955127306     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181e5af9d     Document Type: Article

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