Nuclear inclusions and pseudoinclusions: Friends or foes of the surgical pathologist?

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 465-481

  Ip, Yiu Tung ^a   Dias Filho, Marco Antonio ^b   Chan, John K C ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica Virchow   (Brazil)

Author keywords

endogenous biotin; immunohistochemistry; nuclear inclusion; nuclear pseudo pseudoinclusion; nuclear pseudoinclusion; viral inclusion

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; GLYCOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; SURFACTANT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRANUCLEAR INCLUSION BODIES; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL;

EID: 78649280721     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896910385342     Document Type: Review

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