Large nested variant of urothelial carcinoma: 23 cases mimicking von brunn nests and inverted growth pattern of noninvasive papillary urothelial carcinoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1337-1342

  Cox, Roni ^a   Epstein, Jonathan I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder neoplasm; nested variant; urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UROTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 81155159836     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318222a653     Document Type: Article

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