Spherule-like acellular stroma in clear cell carcinoma of the ovary: Its utility in frozen section diagnosis

Histopathology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 790-794

  Kato, Noriko ^a   Higuchi, Junko ^a   Ogata, Shinya ^a   Ootake, Hiroya ^a   Iwaba, Akiko ^a   Motoyama, Teiichi ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; LETTER; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80054963660     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03958.x     Document Type: Letter

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