Combined small-cell carcinoma of the lung with quadripartite differentiation of epithelial, neuroendocrine, skeletal muscle, and myofibroblastic type

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 458, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-503

  Pelosi, Giuseppe ^a,b,c   Sonzogni, Angelica ^a   Galetta, Domenico ^a   Perrone, Federica ^c   Braidotti, Paola ^b,d   Manzotti, Michela ^a   Fabbri, Alessandra ^c   Spaggiari, Lorenzo ^a,b   Veronesi, Giulia ^a   Viale, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Mutation; Sarcoma; SCLC

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALDESMON; CALPONIN; CD103 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; H CALDESMON; MYOGENIN; PROTEIN P53; SARCOMERIC ACTIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TYPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOBECTOMY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBROBLASTS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SMOKING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79956202013     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-010-1011-8     Document Type: Article

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