Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma with yolk sac elements: A neoplasm of somatic or germ cell origin?

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-139

  Thomas, Jaiyeola ^a   Adegboyega, Patrick ^a   Iloabachie, Kenny ^b   Mooring, John Wesley ^a   Lian, Timothy ^b  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell origin; Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 12P; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINONASAL TERATOCARCINOMA; SOMATIC CELL; TERATOCARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; YOLK SAC; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOPSY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; HYALIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ISOCHROMOSOMES; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; TERATOMA; YOLK SAC;

EID: 79952695653     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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