Clear cell 'sugar' tumour of the lung with malignant histological features and melanin pigmentation - the first reported case

Histopathology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 498-500

  Yan, Benedict ^a,b   Yau, Ee Xuan ^a,b   Petersson, Fredrik ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

AGED; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CLEAR CELL SUGAR TUMOR; LUNG LOBECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MELANINS; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 79952080196     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03773.x     Document Type: Letter

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