Histopathological and immunophenotypic features of testicular tumour of the adrenogenital syndrome

Histopathology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1013-1018

  Wang, Zhuo ^a   Yang, Shicong ^a   Shi, Huijuan ^a   Du, Hong ^b   Xue, Ling ^a   Wang, Liantang ^a   Dong, Yu ^a   Han, Anjia ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Adrenal hyperplasia; Immunohistochemistry; Leydig cell tumour; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; KERATIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TESTOSTERONE; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MITOSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORCHIECTOMY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTICULAR TUMOR OF ADRENOGENITAL SYNDROME; TESTICULAR TUMOR OF THE ADRENOGENITAL SYNDROME; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ANTIGENS, CD56; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959702830     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03861.x     Document Type: Article

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